Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
   (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
       species (Maia squinado).
   (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
       [1913 Webster]

	

	Maia
    n 1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in
         distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus
         Maia]