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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution;
[syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
   (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
       species (Maia squinado).
   (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
       [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Maia
    n 1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in
         distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus
         Maia]