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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: Gymnophiona n : an order of amphibians including caecilians (in former classifications it was called order Apoda) [syn: {Gymnophiona}, {order Gymnophiona}]
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