Associations to the word «Amia»

Wiktionary

AMIA, noun. The bowfin, Amia calva.
AMIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Amiidae   — The single extant species Amia calva (bowfin).
AMIA CALVA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Amiidae   — the bowfin, last surviving species of the order Amiiformes.

Dictionary definition

AMIA, noun. Type genus of the Amiidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats