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): Mya arenaria, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (See
Mya (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for other species.)
References
Mya (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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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