moa

  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.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɒʌ/
Etymology

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

moa

moa

Moa

dinornithidés

Psilotum nudum

مُوَّا

dinornithidae

moas

dinornithidae

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