Definition of amia

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Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin..

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Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit..
Dogfish :: Dogfish (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners..
Coontie :: Coontie (n.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared..
Didynamia :: Didynamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Amiable :: Amiable (a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
Monogamian :: Monogamian (a.) Alt. of Monogami.
Polygamian :: Polygamian (a.) Polygamous.
Didynamous :: Didynamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Vinagrous :: Vinagrous (a.) Fig.: Unamiable; morose.
Tetradynamian :: Tetradynamian (a.) Alt. of Tetradynamou.
Damiana :: Damiana (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac..
Lamia :: Lamia (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch..
Poonga Oil :: Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra)..
Chipmunk :: Chipmunk (n.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus..
Tetradynamous :: Tetradynamous (a.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others..
Amioidei :: Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Monogamic :: Monogamic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
Bryophyta :: Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.
Samiot :: Samiot (a. & n.) Samian.
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