gymnophiona

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Gymnophiona
    n 1: an order of amphibians including caecilians [syn:
         {Gymnophiona}, {order Gymnophiona}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gymnophiona \Gym`no*phi"o*na\ (j[i^]m`n[-o]*f[imac]"[-o]*n[.a]),
   n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofio`neos serpentlike.]
   (Zool.)
   An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike
   body. See {Ophiomorpha}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ophiomorpha \O`phi*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ophiomorphous}.]
   (Zool.)
   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 lacking.
   It includes the caecilians. Called also {{Gymnophiona}} and
   {{Ophidobatrachia}}.
   [1913 Webster]

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