ămĭa, ae, f., and ămĭas, ae, m., = ἀμία,
the tunny , a sea-fish : (piscem) amiam vocant cujus etc., Plin. 9, 15, 19, § 49.—The form amias: acc. amian, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 47 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 21 ib.
·noun A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in ...
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