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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANO'MIA, n. [Gr. rule.]
A genus of bivalve shells, so called from their unequal valves; the beaked cockle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects [syn: nominal aphasia, anomic aphasia, anomia, amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia]
2: type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters [syn: Anomia, genus Anomia]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anomia A*no"mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? irregular; 'a priv. + no'mos law.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.