Meaning of AMIA
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| | Definition: | | [n] type genus of the Amiidae |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Amia |
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| | See Also: | | Amia calva, Amiidae, bowfin, dogfish, family Amiidae, fish genus, grindle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a kind of tunny.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish}
in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See
{Bowfin}.
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