Definition of Genus amia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Amiidae.

Exact synonyms: Amia
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Amiidae, Family Amiidae
Member holonyms: Amia Calva, Bowfin, Dogfish, Grindle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amia

genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus
genus Ambrosia
genus Ambystoma
genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha
genus Amorphophallus
genus Amphibolips
genus Amphicarpa
genus Amphicarpaea
genus Amphioxus
genus Amphiprion
genus Amphisbaena
genus Amphisbaenia

Literary usage of Genus amia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Family Genus AMIA Gronovius. ... of Poey is perfectly congeneric with the type of the genus Amia; ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1899)
"They are referred to two new species of the genus Amia. The paper concludes with a table of all the species hitherto recorded from America and Europe. ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1851)
"... situation of these miocene beds of New Jersey, and also on their existence in New Jersey resting on the green sand. 3. THE genus amia, A TRUE LIVING ..."

4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
"genus amia, Linnaeus. A. calva, Linn. Mud Fish, Dog Fish, Bowfin, Grindle, John A. Grindle, Lawyer. Branches of Missouri river, Osage river, etc. ( Linn. ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The dog-fish of the great lakes of North America is a soft-rayed bony fish, generally placed in the herring family, and the genus amia (Linn. ..."

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