Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AMPHIUMA
AMPHIUMA Am `phi *u "ma, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
amphiuma
am phi u ma |ˌamfēˈyo͞omə ˈæmfəjumə | ▶noun a fully aquatic eellike amphibian with very small limbs, found in stagnant water and swamps in the southeastern US. [Family Amphiumidae and genus Amphiuma: three species (identified by the number of toes on each limb ), the one-toed A. pholeter, the two-toed A. means, and the three-toed A. tridactylum. ]
Oxford Dictionary
amphiuma
amphiuma |ˌamfɪˈjuːmə | ▶noun a fully aquatic eel-like amphibian with very small limbs, occurring in stagnant water and swamps in the south-eastern US. ●Family Amphiumidae and genus Amphiuma: three species. ORIGIN modern Latin, probably formed irregularly from amphi- ‘both ’ + Greek pneuma ‘breath ’.
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