ophiomorpha

from The Century Dictionary.

• An order of limbless serpentiform amphibians, represented by the family Cæciliidæ; the cæcilians: contrasted with Ichthyomorpha. Also called Apoda, Batrachophidia, Gymnophiona, Ophiosoma, Ophidobatrachia, Pseudophidia, and Peromela.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun plural (Zoöl.) 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 cæcilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.