Mya
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin mya (“mussel”), from Ancient Greek μύα (múa).
Proper noun
editMya f
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum - phylum, Bivalvia - class, Heterodonta - subclass, Myida - order, Myidae - family; Myinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Mya truncata - type species; Mya arenaria, Mya truncata - selected other species; for other species see Mya (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- Mya (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mya at World Register of Marine Species
English
editEtymology 1
editA modern phonetic spelling of Maia or Maya.
Proper noun
editMya
- A female given name from Latin
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editMya (plural Myas)
- A surname.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mya”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 641.
- Forebears
Etymology 3
editNoun
editMya (plural Mya)
- Abbreviation of million years ago.
- 2013, Walter M. Goldberg, “A Brief History of Reefs and Corals”, in The Biology of Reefs and Reef Organisms, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, section 13-2 (An Introduction to Paleozoic Corals), page 272, column 2:
- Both tabulates and rugosans evolved independently as part of the Ordovician Radiation; the tabulates appeared first in the Early Ordovician (~488 Mya), followed by rugosans about 20 My later.
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