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moa

  • noun
  • /ˈmɒʌ/

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.

Other meanings

  1. An extremely tall individual.

A kind of

  • ratite

Kinds of moa

  • giant moa

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “moa” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.