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Definition of Genus Amphiuma
1. Noun. Congo snakes.
Group relationships: Amphiumidae, Family Amphiumidae
Member holonyms: Amphiuma, Blind Eel, Congo Eel, Congo Snake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amphiuma
Literary usage of Genus Amphiuma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Cope has never stated that the genus Amphiuma is the connecting form between ...
but the genus Amphiuma never.1 He has very rarely alleged that any genus is ..."
2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"The genus Amphiuma agrees with Salamandra and Triton, in the number of feet, and
in the toes being destitute of claws. ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Amphiuma has an eel-shaped body, four imperfectly developed legs, and
a single spiracle on each side of the neck. The Congo Snake, A. means, ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"The genus AMPHIUMA has been re-established by our author. It cannot be passed
over in this place without a few observations. In 1822, Dr. Mitchill sent to ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"... metamorphosis after they are hatched, but at once ap- oear in the forms which
they are permanently to retain. The genus Amphiuma has an eel-shaped body, ..."
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