Amphiuma Definition

ămfē-yo͝omə
noun
Any of several long slender salamanders of the genus Amphiuma of the southeast United States that in their adult stage have two pairs of very small nonfunctioning legs and breathe with lungs although they are aquatic.
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphiumidaesalamanders called Congo snakes.

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Other Word Forms of Amphiuma

Noun

Singular:
amphiuma
Plural:
amphiumas

Origin of Amphiuma

  • New Latin Amphiuma genus name Greek amphi- amphi- Greek pneuma breath (so named by Alexander Garden, probably in the belief that the adults could breathe in water as well as in air) pneu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin amphi- (“around, both”), and alteration of Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneuma, “breath”).

    From Wiktionary

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