moa

Meaning

  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.

Translations

moa

Moa

dinornithidés

Psilotum nudum

مُوَّا

dinornithidae

moas

dinornithidae

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɒʌ/
Etymology

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

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