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Answer for the clue "An order of amphibians including caecilians ", 11 letters:
gymnophiona

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Ophiomorpha \O`phi*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See Ophiomorphous .] (Zo["o]l.) 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. ...

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Gymnophiona is the group of amphibians that includes the legless caecilians and all amphibians more closely related to them than to frogs or salamanders (the "stem-caecilians"). The name derives from the Greek words γυμνος ( gymnos , naked) and οφις ( ophis ...