Definitions for moaˈmoʊ ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mo•aˈmoʊ ə(n.)(pl.)mo•as.
any of various flightless birds of the order Dinornithiformes, of New Zealand, some of which resembled the ostrich in size and appearance: extinct since c1800.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of moa:
1810–20; < Maori
Princeton's WordNet
moa(noun)
extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
Wiktionary
moa(Noun)
A very large, extinct, flightless bird of the family Dinornithidae that was native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.
Origin: From moa, from moa.
Webster Dictionary
Moa(noun)
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
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Moa
the name of several species of New Zealand and Australian birds, from 2 to 14 ft. high, and quite wingless; almost extinct since the 17th century; two living specimens were captured in 1876.
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