| Pronunciation: | | `amfee`yoomu
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[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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AMPHIUMA is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | blind eel, congo eel, congo snake |
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| | See Also: | | genus Amphiuma, salamander |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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