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moa
mo′a
(mō′ȧ)
, Noun.
[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. Definition 2024
Moa
Moa
Swedish
Proper noun
Moa
- A female given name.
- 1989 Lennart Hagerfors, Sarekmannen, Norstedts, ISBN 9118914225, page 205:
- Barnen bar änglanamn: Mikaela och Angelica, men mest kallades de för ungdjävlarna. Vad bar namnen för drömmar? Inte så långt därifrån satt en familj på fyra personer. Föräldrarna, som säkert hade någon form av intellektuella yrken, resonerade med barnen om yrkesvägar och utbildning, om fördelar och nackdelar med att vara läkare, lärare, jurist, journalist. Barnen hette Moa och Tore, namn som antydde att de hade fötts fram direkt ur leran vid ett sörmlandskt torp. Vilka drömmar bar namnen? Varför söker motsatserna varandra?
- 1989 Lennart Hagerfors, Sarekmannen, Norstedts, ISBN 9118914225, page 205:
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moa
moa
English
Noun
moa (plural moas)
- 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.
Translations
extinct bird
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
moa
Declension
| Inflection of moa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | moa | moat | |
| genitive | moan | moien | |
| partitive | moaa | moia | |
| illative | moaan | moiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | moa | moat | |
| accusative | nom. | moa | moat |
| gen. | moan | ||
| genitive | moan | moien moainrare |
|
| partitive | moaa | moia | |
| inessive | moassa | moissa | |
| elative | moasta | moista | |
| illative | moaan | moiin | |
| adessive | moalla | moilla | |
| ablative | moalta | moilta | |
| allative | moalle | moille | |
| essive | moana | moina | |
| translative | moaksi | moiksi | |
| instructive | — | moin | |
| abessive | moatta | moitta | |
| comitative | — | moineen | |
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Latin mola (“millstone”).
Noun
moa f (plural moas)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- moa do siso
- moa do xuízo
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
moa f (plural moas)
- moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)
Etymology 2
Verb
moa
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of moer
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of moer
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of moer
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of moer