noun Ophiomorpha n. pl. (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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