gym no pht halm ate (jimnofthalmat)

Same as gym no pht halma to us. gym no pht halma to us (jim-nof-thal'ma-tus), a. [As Gym no pht halm at a + -ous.] Of or pertaining to the Gym no pht halm at a, or so-called naked eyed Medusa. Also gym no pht halm ous. The gonophores of the Siphonophora present every va riety, from a simple form to free medusoids of the Gym no pht halma to us type. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 129. Gymnophthalmidæ (jim-nof-thal'mi-dē), n. pl. [NL., Gym no pht halm us + -idæ.] A family of snake-like lizards, typified by the genus Gym no pht halm us, having rudimentary limbs and eyelids which leave the eyes uncovered.