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Webster 1913 Edition


Amphiuma

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Amˊphi-u′ma

(ămˊfĭ-ū′mȧ)
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Noun.
(Zool.)
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.