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- proper noun A taxonomic order,
Gymnophiona , thecaecilians . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Limacodinae.
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There are three extant orders in the Class Amphibia: Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata (salamanders), and Apoda (caecilians).
Amphibian 2008
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Apoda Like Tom Murphy by Bob Gormley on Sunday, Apr 6, 2008 at 5: 36: 21 PM
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Apoda is the name ... by F. Apoda on Sunday, Apr 6, 2008 at 5: 18: 47 PM
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Apoda by richard on Sunday, Apr 6, 2008 at 5: 04: 08 PM
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Murphy like Apoda - maybe they're part of a Borg collective? by Tom Murphy on Sunday, Apr 6, 2008 at 7: 38: 21 PM
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This name was given by Linnaeus to the blind, or nearly blind, worm-like Batrachians which were formerly associated with the snakes and are now classed as an order under the names of _Apoda, Peromela_ or
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The Slow-worm (_Anguis fragilis_) is limbless, and so are the members of the sub-class Apoda among the
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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E.D. Cope had advocated the abolition of the order Apoda and the incorporation of the Caecilians among the Urodela or Caudata in the vicinity of the Amphiumidae, of which he regarded them as further degraded descendants; and this opinion, which was supported by very feeble and partly erroneous arguments, has unfortunately received the support of the two great authorities, P. and F. Sarasin, to whom we are indebted for our first information on the breeding habits and development of these Batrachians.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Apoda_) which had been at that time in confinement nine years.
In Nesting Time Olive Thorne Miller 1874
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