Category:Ophiomorpha

O`phi*o*mor"pha, n. pl. Etym: [nl. See ophiomorphous.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.