amphiuma

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

amphiuma (plural amphiumas)

1. (zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.

   Synonyms: Congo snake, conger eel, Congo eel

• “amphiuma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.