Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species ({Maia squinado}). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth ({Eucronia maia}).
Maia n : type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {Maja}, {genus Maja}, {genus Maia}]