amphiuma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of amphiuma
< New Latin Amphiuma name of the genus, probably irregular formation. See amphi-, pneuma
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Species of amphiuma have three, two or even just one toe per foot.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
Salamanders and a lungfish were close behind amphiuma, with the next-largest cells.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
Gulliver found the largest cells by far in the three-toed amphiuma, whose vestigial legs are so tiny it resembles an eel.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
To their surprise, the African lungfish and a giant salamander from the southeastern U.S., called amphiuma, had dozens of times more DNA per cell than humans, rats, birds or reptiles did.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
The smallest blood corpuscle known is that of a species of small deer, and the largest is that of a lizard like reptile found in our southern waters—the amphiuma.
From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by John Phin
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