Dictionary

moa en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoə/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈməʊə/ (UK)
• /ˈmɒʌ/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • The moas (order Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand are likewise extinct but almost certainly some still survived when Tasman first sighted the islands in 1642. 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 29:
   • For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats. 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2018:
2. (Internet, uncommon) An extremely tall individual.

Forms

Deriveds

Mappin's moa · moan · slender moa · moa-nalo · Mantell's moa · stout-legged moa · crested moa · bush moa · upland moa · coastal moa · moalike · lesser moa · North Island giant moa · moa bed · moa stone · giant moa · little bush moa · broad-billed moa · eastern moa · heavy-footed moa · South Island giant moa

Translations (26)

nv naayééʼ tsídiitsoh (extinct bird) · ar مُوَّا (extinct bird) · lt moa (extinct bird) · cs moa (extinct bird) · pt moa (extinct bird) · es dinornítido (extinct bird) · de Moa (extinct bird) · he מואה (extinct bird) · ca dinornis (extinct bird) · cmn 恐鳥 /恐鸟 (extinct bird) · hu moa (extinct bird) · as মোৱা চৰাই (extinct bird) · ca moa (extinct bird) · sv moafågel (extinct bird) · no moafugl (extinct bird) · pl moa (extinct bird) · nl moa (extinct bird) · mi moa (extinct bird) · ru мо́а (extinct bird) · ko 모아 (extinct bird) · ka მოასნაირნი (extinct bird) · ja モア (extinct bird) · da moa (extinct bird) · fi moa (extinct bird) · mi kuranui (extinct bird) · es moa (extinct bird)