Crossword clues for amphiuma
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amphiuma \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.
Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus ''Amphiuma'' of aquatic salamanders.
WordNet
n. aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States [syn: congo snake, congo eel, blind eel]
Wikipedia
Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae . They are also known to fishermen as " conger eels" or "Congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations, what with amphiumas being salamanders, and not reptiles, nor fish. Amphiuma has one of the largest amounts of DNA in the living world, around 25 times more than a human.
Usage examples of "amphiuma".
Spence succeeded in transporting a live specimen to London Zoo, where it became the subject of further research and was given the names pelagobatrachus hookeri, salamandrops maritimus, abranchus giganteus, amphiuma gigas and many others.