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Definition of moa in English: moanoun ˈməʊəˈmoʊə A large extinct flightless bird resembling the emu, formerly found in New Zealand. 巨恐鸟 Family Dinornithidae: several genera and species; Dinornis maximus is the tallest known bird at over 3 m, but Megalapteryx didinus, which may have survived until the early 19th century, was much smaller Example sentencesExamples - Ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related to each other than they are to any other birds.
- Owen also identified New Zealand's giant flightless bird, the moa or dinornis, from a piece of shin just 15 cm long.
- Some 200 pebbles, collectively weighing 2.5 kg were recovered from the gut region of a moa skeleton (extinct large flightless bird) in New Zealand.
- Other ratites, the elephant bird of Madagascar and the moas of New Zealand, have been extinct for several centuries, probably as a result of human hunting.
- The large, flightless moa bird that roamed New Zealand in ancient times grew much more slowly than modern birds, according to a new study of their bones.
OriginMid 19th century: from Maori. Rhymesanoa, Balboa, blower, boa, foregoer, goer, grower, hoer, jerboa, knower, Krakatoa, Lebowa, lower, mower, Mururoa, Noah, o'er, proa, protozoa, rower, Samoa, sewer, Shenandoah, shower, sower, spermatozoa, Stour, thrower, tower Definition of moa in US English: moanounˈmoʊəˈmōə A large extinct flightless bird resembling the emu, formerly found in New Zealand. 巨恐鸟 Family Dinornithidae: several genera and species; Dinornis maximus was the tallest known bird, with a height of about 10 feet (3 m), but Megalapteryx didinus, which may have survived until the early 19th century, was much smaller Example sentencesExamples - The large, flightless moa bird that roamed New Zealand in ancient times grew much more slowly than modern birds, according to a new study of their bones.
- Owen also identified New Zealand's giant flightless bird, the moa or dinornis, from a piece of shin just 15 cm long.
- Ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related to each other than they are to any other birds.
- Other ratites, the elephant bird of Madagascar and the moas of New Zealand, have been extinct for several centuries, probably as a result of human hunting.
- Some 200 pebbles, collectively weighing 2.5 kg were recovered from the gut region of a moa skeleton (extinct large flightless bird) in New Zealand.
OriginMid 19th century: from Maori. |