GYMNOPHIONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnophiona mean? 

• GYMNOPHIONA (noun)
  The noun GYMNOPHIONA has 1 sense:

1. an order of amphibians including caecilians

  Familiarity information: GYMNOPHIONA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOPHIONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of amphibians including caecilians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gymnophiona; order Gymnophiona

Hypernyms ("Gymnophiona" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnophiona"):

Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)

Holonyms ("Gymnophiona" is a member of...):

amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)

 Context examples 

A taxonomic class of vertebrates that include frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and gymnophiona.

(Amphibia, NCI Thesaurus)