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GENUS AMPHIUMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Amphiuma mean?
• GENUS AMPHIUMA (noun)
The noun GENUS AMPHIUMA has 1 sense:
1. congo snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS AMPHIUMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Congo snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Amphiuma" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Amphiuma"):
amphiuma; blind eel; congo eel; congo snake (aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States)
Holonyms ("genus Amphiuma" is a member of...):
Amphiumidae; family Amphiumidae (congo snakes)
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