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amphiuma

amp·hiuma

uncommon

noun

1.

aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States

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Borrowed from taxonomic name Amphiuma, from Latin amphi- (“around, both”), and an alteration of Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”).

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