"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 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}} Borrowed from 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)
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  2. (Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual. Tags: Internet, uncommon
    Sense id: en-moa-en-noun-3ytFtbiF
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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "moa (plural moas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 29:",
          "text": "The moas (order Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand are likewise extinct but almost certainly some still survived when Tasman first sighted the islands in 1642.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:",
          "text": "For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extinct",
          "extinct"
        ],
        [
          "flightless",
          "flightless"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "Dinornithidae",
          "Dinornithidae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "New Zealand",
          "New Zealand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English internet slang",
        "English terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extremely tall individual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, uncommon) An extremely tall individual."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒʌ/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈməʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moa.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(New Zealand) -oə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -əʊə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muwwā",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَّا"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "müa sorai",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "মোৱা চৰাই"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dinornis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "恐鳥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒngniǎo",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "恐鸟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moasnairni",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "მოასნაირნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "Moa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "מואה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extinct bird",
      "word": "moa"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moa"
}

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