moa

Senso (Inglese)

1. Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.
2. (Internet, uncommon) An extremely tall individual.

Concetti

moa

sinonimi

emu

kiwi

ostrich

elephant bird

giant moa

whisk fern

Traduzioni

moa

Moa

moa

dinornithidés

Psilotum nudum

moa

loopvogel

مُوَّا

dinornithidae

Laufvogel

moas

dinornithidae

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɒʌ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).