Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amia \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Amia
n : type genus of the Amiidae [syn: {Amia}, {genus Amia}]
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