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Webster 1913 Edition


Ophiomorpha


Oˊphi-o-mor′pha

,
Noun.
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
.