Myan.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪə/

Forms: Plural 1800s Myae, 1800s– Myas.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mya.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mya (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 670), probably an alteration of ancient Greek μῦς mussel, muscle, mouse (see myo- comb. form); compare -a suffix².Linnaeus uses the plural form Myes, apparently after ancient Greek μύες, plural of μῦς.

Zoology.

A genus of bivalve molluscs comprising the softshell clam Mya arenaria (family Myidae) and closely related species having thin shells and long siphons; (also mya) a mollusc of this genus; a softshell clam, a gaper.The genus was originally of wider extent.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae

fleming1603

clam1672

clamp1672

basket-shell1713

Mya1777

soft clam1800

smurlin1806

sand-clam1809

long clam1811

old maid1815

softshell clam1818

maninose1843

gaper1853

long neck1857

geoduck1881

bluenose1883

sand-gaper1887

mano1899

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 Generally most kind of Oysters are also called Myss, because sometimes they gape and make a noise like a mouse, and close their shels againe. The purple Fishes be also called Myss, there is likewise a kind of pretious stone called Mya.]

1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 78 Mya. Gaper... A bivalve shell gaping at one end.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 561/2 The margaritifera; or pearl mya.

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 143/2 The Myæ live buried in sandy beaches, wherein they often lie with the tube just projecting.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 317 The Myas frequent soft bottoms.

1910 J. L. Kellogg Shell-fish Industries 281 Mya, in different localities, is known as the clam, the soft clam, the long neck, long clam, squirt clam.

1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 252 413 The deep-burrowing myas occur almost invariably [fossilized] in growth position.

1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field ii. 36 (caption) Mya shells being eroded from sediment at outside of meander bend of small channel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mya
释义	Myan. Brit. /ˈmʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪə/ Forms: Plural 1800s Myae, 1800s– Myas. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mya. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mya (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 670), probably an alteration of ancient Greek μῦς mussel, muscle, mouse (see myo- comb. form); compare -a suffix².Linnaeus uses the plural form Myes, apparently after ancient Greek μύες, plural of μῦς. Zoology. A genus of bivalve molluscs comprising the softshell clam Mya arenaria (family Myidae) and closely related species having thin shells and long siphons; (also mya) a mollusc of this genus; a softshell clam, a gaper.The genus was originally of wider extent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae fleming1603 clam1672 clamp1672 basket-shell1713 Mya1777 soft clam1800 smurlin1806 sand-clam1809 long clam1811 old maid1815 softshell clam1818 maninose1843 gaper1853 long neck1857 geoduck1881 bluenose1883 sand-gaper1887 mano1899 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 Generally most kind of Oysters are also called Myss, because sometimes they gape and make a noise like a mouse, and close their shels againe. The purple Fishes be also called Myss, there is likewise a kind of pretious stone called Mya.] 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 78 Mya. Gaper... A bivalve shell gaping at one end. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 561/2 The margaritifera; or pearl mya. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 143/2 The Myæ live buried in sandy beaches, wherein they often lie with the tube just projecting. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 317 The Myas frequent soft bottoms. 1910 J. L. Kellogg Shell-fish Industries 281 Mya, in different localities, is known as the clam, the soft clam, the long neck, long clam, squirt clam. 1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 252 413 The deep-burrowing myas occur almost invariably [fossilized] in growth position. 1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field ii. 36 (caption) Mya shells being eroded from sediment at outside of meander bend of small channel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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