Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gymnophiona"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ophiomorpha \O`phi*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ophiomorphous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike
body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales
imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting.
It includes the c[ae]cilians. Called also {Gymnophiona} and
{Ophidobatrachia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gymnophiona \Gym`no*phi"o*na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s
naked + ? serpentlike.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike
body. See {Ophiomorpha}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gymnophiona
n : an order of amphibians including caecilians [syn: {Gymnophiona},
{order Gymnophiona}]
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