AMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amia mean? 

• AMIA (noun)
  The noun AMIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Amiidae

  Familiarity information: AMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Amiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Amia; genus Amia

Hypernyms ("Amia" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Amia"):

Amia calva; bowfin; dogfish; grindle (primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America)

Holonyms ("Amia" is a member of...):

Amiidae; family Amiidae (only the bowfins)