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moa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moa has 1 sense
- moa(n = noun.animal) Array - extinct flightless bird of New Zealand; Array is a kind of flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
is a member of dinornithidae, family dinornithidae
has particulars: dinornis giganteus, giant moa, anomalopteryx, anomalopteryx oweni
CIDE DICTIONARY
moa, n. [Native name.].
Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis , and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes , found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moa, n. (pl. moas) any extinct flightless New Zealand bird of the family Dinornithidae, resembling the ostrich.
Etymology
Maori
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