moa

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒʌ/

The English word “moa” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.
An extremely tall individual.

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

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