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Webster 1913 Edition


Maia

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Ma′i-a

,
Noun.
[From L.
Maia
, a goddess.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (
Maia squinado
).
(b)
A beautiful American bombycid moth (
Eucronia maia
).