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maia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maia has 1 sense
- maia(n = noun.animal) genus maia, genus maja, maja - type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family majidae, majidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
maia, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.].
A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado ). [1913 Webster]
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