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Definisjon av moa

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Noun
moa - extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
dinornithidae, family dinornithidae moas
dinornis giganteus, giant moa the largest moa; about 12 feet high
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Substantiv
moa - A very large, extinct, flightless bird of the family Dinornithidae that was native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

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  • The moa were eleven species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.7 m (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kg (510 lb). Moa are members of the order Struthioniformes although some sources also recognise these as the separate order Dinornithiformes.

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