Am'i-ā, n.

n. [Lat. amia, Gr. ἀμία, a kind of tunny.] (Ichth.) A genus of abdominal fishes, exclusively confined to North America, where they are found in fresh-water streams, and sometimes in lakes. They are called bow-fin in Lake Champlain, dog-fish in Lake Erie, and mud-fish in South Carolina. Storer.