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}}.
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