MOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moa mean? 

• MOA (noun)
  The noun MOA has 1 sense:

1. extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

  Familiarity information: MOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("moa" is a kind of...):

flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moa"):

Dinornis giganteus; giant moa (the largest moa; about 12 feet high)

anomalopteryx; Anomalopteryx oweni (the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey)

Holonyms ("moa" is a member of...):

Dinornithidae; family Dinornithidae (moas)