Definitions for MoAˈmoʊ ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mo•aˈmoʊ ə(n.)(pl.)mo•as.


    Category: Ornithology

Origin of moa:

1810–20; < Maori

Princeton's WordNet

  1. moa(noun)

    extinct flightless bird of New Zealand


  1. moa(Noun)

    A very large, extinct, flightless bird of the family Dinornithidae that was native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

  2. Origin: From moa, from moa.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Moa(noun)



  1. Moa

    The moa were nine species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 m in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kg. Moa belong to the ratite group in the order Dinornithiformes. The nine species of moa were the only wingless birds, lacking even the vestigial wings which all other ratites have. They were the dominant herbivores in New Zealand's forest, shrubland and subalpine ecosystems for thousands of years, and until the arrival of the Māori were hunted only by the Haast's Eagle. It is generally considered that most, if not all, species of moa died out by 1400 AD due to overhunting by the Māori and habitat decline.

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