GENUS AMPHIUMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Congo snakes

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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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