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AMPHIUMA

Dictionary entry overview: What does amphiuma mean?

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

1. aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States

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

Dictionary entry details

• AMPHIUMA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

amphiuma; blind eel; congo eel; congo snake

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

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

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

genus Amphiuma (congo snakes)

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