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Amphiuma

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Am`phi`u´ma    (ăm`fĭ`ū´må)
n.1.(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.
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Noun1.Amphiuma - aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feetamphiuma - aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
blind eel, congo eel, congo snake
salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
genus Amphiuma - congo snakes
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For example, Cala (1983) reported that in Amphiuma (amphiuma (common name]) red cells, the mechanism of RVD is [K.
The physiological effects of multiple forced submergences in ... by Stabenau, Erich K.; Vietti, Kimberly R.N. / Fishery Bulletin
No specimen of the genus Amphiuma has been recorded in Indiana since 1880, although habitat potentially suitable to species of this genus is present along riparian corridors in southern sections of the state.
Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) in Southwestern Indiana by Fitzgerald, Joyce L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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