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Webster 1913 Edition
Amia
‖
Am′i-a
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a kind of tunny.]
(Zool.)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Amia
AM'IA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Amia
Amia
Translingual
Proper noun
Amia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amiidae – The single extant species Amia calva (bowfin).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Holostei - infraclass; Amiiformes - order; Amioidea - superfamily; Amiidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Amia calva (species)
- Amia hesperia, Amia scutata, Amia uintaensis (extinct species)
amia
amia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía)
Noun
amia f (genitive amiae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | amia | amiae |
genitive | amiae | amiārum |
dative | amiae | amiīs |
accusative | amiam | amiās |
ablative | amiā | amiīs |
vocative | amia | amiae |
Descendants
- Translingual: Amia
References
- amia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.