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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia
type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) maia
a genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado)

2. (noun) maia
a beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia)

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. maia
the daughter of Atlas, the eldest of the seven Pleiades (q. v.), and the mother by Zeus of Hermes or Mercury.

'maia' - Nearby Entries
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