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Definition of Genus Amia
1. Noun. Type genus of the Amiidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Amiidae, Family Amiidae
Member holonyms: Amia Calva, Bowfin, Dogfish, Grindle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amia
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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