amphiuma Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
    congo eel; blind eel; congo snake.

WordNet


Am`phi*u"ma noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913