"moha moha" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Miss Lovell's first report (quote below) spelt the creature moka moka, but in her second it was moha moha (also below). Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} moha moha (plural not attested)
  1. (cryptozoology) A type of sea creature reported seen by a Miss Lovell and others at Sandy Cape in South-East Queensland, Australia, on 8 June 1890. She described it as some 30 feet long with a turtle-like neck extending from a rounded body some 8 feet across, and a long fish-like tail. Tags: no-plural Categories (topical): Cryptozoology Synonyms: Chelosauria lovelli
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          "text": "1891, S. Lovell, \"Tempus omnia monstra\", in Land and Water, London, 3 March 1891 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN, who was unable to obtain the original and so quotes from Bernard Heuvelmans, In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents, 1968, who in turn apparently quotes from Antoon C. Oudemans, The Great Sea-Serpent, 1892).\nNative blacks call it 'Moka, moka' and say they like to eat it, and that it has legs and fingers.",
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        "(cryptozoology) A type of sea creature reported seen by a Miss Lovell and others at Sandy Cape in South-East Queensland, Australia, on 8 June 1890. She described it as some 30 feet long with a turtle-like neck extending from a rounded body some 8 feet across, and a long fish-like tail."
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