Ophiomorpha

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]