OPHIOMORPHA

‖O′phi‐o‐mor″pha (?), n. pl. [[NL. See Ophiomorphous.]] (Zoöl.) 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 cæcilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.