Meaning of MOA
| Pronunciation: | | 'mowu
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| | Definition: | | [n] extinct flightless bird of New Zealand |
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| | See Also: | | anomalopteryx, Anomalopteryx oweni, Dinornis giganteus, Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae, flightless bird, giant moa, ratite, ratite bird | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo"a\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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