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MAJA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maja mean?
• MAJA (noun)
The noun MAJA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Familiarity information: MAJA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Maia; genus Maja; Maia; Maja
Hypernyms ("Maja" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Maja"):
European spider crab; king crab; Maja squinado (a large spider crab of Europe)
Holonyms ("Maja" is a member of...):
family Majidae; Majidae (spider crabs)
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