Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mya"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mya \My"a\, n. [L. mya a kind of mussel.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or
soft-shelled, clam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Myaria \My*a"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam
({Mya}) is the type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spoutfish \Spout"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to
certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams ({Mya}), which
spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mya
n : type genus of the family Myacidae [syn: {Mya}, {genus Mya}]
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