English Dictionary: mya | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for mya | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Myaria \[d8]My*a"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]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[94]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. |