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Meaning of AMPHIUMA

Pronunciation:  `amfee`yoomu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
 
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 Synonyms: blind eel, congo eel, congo snake
 
 See Also: genus Amphiuma, salamander

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am`phi*u"ma\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*[=u]"m[.a]), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States,
having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two
persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.
 

 

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