On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Caecilians. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Caecilians meaning
plural of caecilian
Using Caecilians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of caecilian
- In the example corpus, caecilians often appears in combinations such as: caecilians and, and caecilians, caecilians are.
Context around Caecilians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Caecilians
- In this selection, "caecilians" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, salamanders, certain, legless, may and live stand out and add context to how "caecilians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include caecilians are unique and caecilians some plethodontid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "caecilians" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with caecilians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus, most caecilians do not undergo an anuran-like metamorphosis. (10 words)
Caecilians, some plethodontid salamanders and certain frogs lay eggs underground that are unpigmented. (13 words)
In caecilians, as in snakes, only the right lung attains any size or development. (14 words)
Frogs have been caught on fish hooks baited with red flannel and green frogs (Rana clamitans) have been found with stomachs full of elm seeds that they had seen floating past. citation Toads, salamanders and caecilians also use smell to detect prey. (42 words)
Most caecilians live underground in burrows in damp soil, in rotten wood and under plant debris, but some are aquatic.sfn Most species lay their eggs underground and when the larvae hatch, they make their way to adjacent bodies of water. (41 words)
Traditionally, amphibians as a class are defined as all tetrapods with a larval stage, while the group that includes the common ancestors of all living amphibians (frogs, salamanders and caecilians) and all their descendants is called Lissamphibia. (37 words)
Example sentences (14)
A 2005 molecular phylogeny, based on rDNA analysis, suggests that salamanders and caecilians are more closely related to each other than they are to frogs.
A clicking sound sometimes produced by caecilians may be a means of orientation, as in bats, or a form of communication.
By this time, the caecilian has constructed a burrow and is living on land. citation The ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus) resembles an earthworm In the majority of species of caecilians, the young are produced by vivipary.
Caecilians are unique among amphibians in having mineralized dermal scales embedded in the dermis between the furrows in the skin.
Caecilians, some plethodontid salamanders and certain frogs lay eggs underground that are unpigmented.
Frogs have been caught on fish hooks baited with red flannel and green frogs (Rana clamitans) have been found with stomachs full of elm seeds that they had seen floating past. citation Toads, salamanders and caecilians also use smell to detect prey.
In caecilians, as in snakes, only the right lung attains any size or development.
Many caecilians and some other amphibians lay their eggs on land, and the newly hatched larvae wriggle or are transported to water bodies.
Most caecilians live underground in burrows in damp soil, in rotten wood and under plant debris, but some are aquatic.sfn Most species lay their eggs underground and when the larvae hatch, they make their way to adjacent bodies of water.
Salamanders, caecilians and some frogs have one or two rows of teeth in both jaws, but some frogs (Rana spp.) lack teeth in the lower jaw, and toads (Bufo spp.) have no teeth.
Their skin contains little keratin and lacks scales, apart from a few fish-like scales in certain caecilians.
They all have four limbs except for the legless caecilians and a few species of salamander with reduced or no limbs.
Thus, most caecilians do not undergo an anuran-like metamorphosis.
Traditionally, amphibians as a class are defined as all tetrapods with a larval stage, while the group that includes the common ancestors of all living amphibians (frogs, salamanders and caecilians) and all their descendants is called Lissamphibia.
Common combinations with caecilians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: