Amphiuma

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphiuma \Am`phi*u"ma\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*[=u]"m[.a]), n. (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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amphiuma
       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}]