Moa

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  moa \mo"a\ (m[=o]"[.a]), n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless
     birds belonging to {Dinornis}, and other related genera, of
     the suborder {Dinornithes}, found in New Zealand. They are
     allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably
     exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered


     by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moa
       n : extinct flightless bird of New Zealand