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Thesaurus: amphiuma

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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
  3. 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.
  4. A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States,having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and twopersistent gill openings; the Congo snake.