Anomia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anomia \A*no"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? irregular; 'a priv. +
     no'mos law.] (Zool.)
     A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called
     from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated
     for attachment.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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