About The Word Moa
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Moa
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What's The Definition Of Moa?
[n] extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
Synonyms | Synonyms for Moa: Related Terms | Find terms related to Moa: See Also | anomalopteryx | Anomalopteryx oweni | Dinornis giganteus | Dinornithidae | family Dinornithidae | flightless bird | giant moa | ratite | ratite bird Moa In Webster's Dictionary \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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