'Maia' definitions:
Definition of 'Maia'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia]
Definition of 'Maia'
From: GCIDE
- Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia). [1913 Webster]