Mya
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin mya (“mussel”), from Ancient Greek μύα (múa).
Proper noun
Mya f
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - type species; Mya arenaria, Mya truncata - selected other species; for other species see Mya (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Mya (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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English
Etymology 1
A modern phonetic spelling of Maia or Maya.
Proper noun
Mya
- A female given name from Latin
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
Mya (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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