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Of still muddy waters in the southern United States
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amphiuma
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n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus ''Amphiuma'' of aquatic salamanders.
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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.
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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, ...
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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 [syn: congo snake , congo eel , blind eel ]
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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.