01 n. pl. An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the sk…
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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.(Zool.) Also: <ord>Gymnophiona</ord>, <ord>Ophidobatrachia</ord>