MOA

Meaning of MOA in English

/ ˈməʊə; NAmE ˈmoʊə/ noun

a large bird that could not fly, that was found in New Zealand but is now extinct (= no longer exists)

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Maori .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MOA — noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1842 any of various usually very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand of a ratite …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOA — Any of 13–25 species of extinct ratite of New Zealand constituting the order Dinornithiformes. Species ranged from turkey-sized to 10 …
Английский словарь Британика
MOA — -mōə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Maori : any of various extinct flightless ratite birds of New Zealand constituting the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOA — (n.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of …
Английский словарь Webster
MOA — ( n. ) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOA — /moh"euh/ , n. any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOA — n. type of extinct bird which was found in New Zealand (similar to the emu)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOA — noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1842 : any of various usually very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOA — noun any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to dinornis, and other related genera, of …
Webster English vocab
MOA — [ 'məʊə ] ■ noun a large extinct flightless bird resembling the emu, formerly found in New Zealand. [ Dinornis …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOA — [moa] n [Maori] (1842): any of various usu. very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand of a ratite family …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOA — any of several extinct, ostrichlike flightless birds native to New Zealand and constituting the order Dinornithiformes. The number of different …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOA — moa BrE AmE ˈməʊ ə AmE \ ˈmoʊ ə ▷ moa|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOA — n. (pl. moas) any extinct flightless New Zealand bird of the family Dinornithidae, resembling the ostrich. [Maori]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOA — n. (pl. moas) any extinct flightless New Zealand bird of the family Dinornithidae, resembling the ostrich. [ Maori ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOA — n. (pl. moas) any extinct flightless New Zealand bird of the family Dinornithidae, resembling the ostrich. Etymology: Maori
Oxford English vocab
MOA — n. Any of 1325 species of extinct ratite of New Zealand constituting the order Dinornithiformes. Species ranged from turkey-sized to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOA — mao
Anagrams English vocabulary
MOA — Моа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOA — Моа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOA — г. Моа
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MOA — г. Моа
Англо-Русский географический словарь
MOA — (Modulation Analyzer) анализатор модуляции
Англо-Русский толковый словарь терминов и сокращений по ВТ, Интернету и программированию
MOA — n. Pronunciation: ' m ō - ə Function: noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1842 : any of various usually very large …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MARTINSON, MOA — born Nov. 2, 1890, Vardnass, Swed. died Aug. 5, 1964, Sdertlje original name Helga Swartz Swedish novelist who was among …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOA, CUBA — Моа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOARIAN — (ˈ)mō|a(a)rēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: New Latin Moaria, a hypothetical continental area (from English moa + Latin -aria, feminine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DINORNITHIDAE — ˌdīˌnȯrˈnithəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Dinornith-, Dinornis, type genus + -idae : a family of extinct …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RATITAE — (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute …
Английский словарь Webster
DINORNIS — (n.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.
Английский словарь Webster
RATITAE — ( n. pl. ) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIERRA LEONE RIVER — river, an estuary on the Atlantic, in western Sierra Leone. Formed by Port Loko Creek and the Rokel River, it …
Britannica English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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