"moa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒʌ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈmoə/ [New-Zealand], /ˈməʊə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: moas [plural]
Rhymes: (New Zealand) -oə, (UK) -əʊə Etymology: Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mi|moa}} Maori moa, {{der|en|poz-pol-pro|*moa|t=fowl}} Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} moa (plural moas)
  1. 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. Categories (place): New Zealand Categories (lifeform): Ratites Translations (extinct bird): مُوَّا (muwwā) [feminine] (Arabic), মোৱা চৰাই (müa sorai) (Assamese), dinornis [masculine] (Catalan), moa [masculine] (Catalan), 恐鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 恐鸟 (kǒngniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), moa (Czech), moa (Danish), moa (Dutch), moa (Finnish), მოასნაირნი (moasnairni) (Georgian), Moa (German), מואה (Hebrew), moa (Hungarian), モア (moa) (Japanese), 모아 (moa) (Korean), moa (Lithuanian), moa (Maori), kuranui (Maori), naayééʼ tsídiitsoh (Navajo), moafugl (Norwegian), moa (Polish), moa (Portuguese), мо́а (móa) [feminine] (Russian), dinornítido [masculine] (Spanish), moa [masculine] (Spanish), moafågel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moa-en-noun-xl97W3wz Disambiguation of New Zealand: 99 1 Disambiguation of Ratites: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'extinct bird': 89 11
  2. (Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual. Tags: Internet, uncommon
    Sense id: en-moa-en-noun-3ytFtbiF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: broad-billed moa, bush moa, coastal moa, crested moa, eastern moa, giant moa, heavy-footed moa, lesser moa, little bush moa, Mantell's moa, Mappin's moa, moa bed, moalike, moan, moa-nalo, moa stone, North Island giant moa, slender moa, South Island giant moa, stout-legged moa, upland moa

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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moa",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "モア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "moa",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "모아"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "kuranui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "naayééʼ tsídiitsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moafugl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móa",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́а"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dinornítido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "moafågel"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "moa"
  ],
  "word": "moa"
}

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