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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]