"moa-nalo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moa-nalos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moa-nalo (plural moa-nalos)
  1. Any of several extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on some islands of Hawaii from the late Pleistocene until sometime before 1778. Wikipedia link: moa-nalo Categories (lifeform): Dabbling ducks Derived forms: turtle-jawed moa-nalo (alt: Chelychelynechen quassus), small-billed moa-nalo (alt: Ptaiochen pau), O'ahu moa-nalo (alt: Thambetochen xanion), Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (alt: Thambetochen chauliodous)

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