Dictionary entry

Gymnophiona

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Gym′no‐phi″o‐na (–fī″ō̍‐nȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. γυμνόσ naked + οφιὄνεοσ serpentlike.] (Zoöl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.