amphiuma

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from translingual Amphiuma, from Latin amphi- (“around, both”), and an alteration of Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”). === Noun === amphiuma (plural amphiumas) (zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders. Synonyms: Congo snake, conger eel, Congo eel === References === “amphiuma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.