moa

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa.
  • Image:OtagoMuseumMoa.jpg|thumb|moas

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