Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
species ({Maia squinado}).
(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth ({Eucronia maia}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Maia
n : type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan [syn: {Maja},
{genus Maja}, {Maia}, {genus Maia}]
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