'moa' definitions:
Definition of 'moa'
(from WordNet)
noun
Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
Definition of 'moa'
From: 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]