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Definition of moa

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Moa (n.) 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..

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Swough :: Swough (n.) A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.

Bemoaner :: Bemoaner (n.) One who bemoans.

Samoan :: Samoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants..

Rundel :: Rundel (n.) A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet..

Dinornis :: Dinornis (n.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa..

Moanful :: Moanful (a.) Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.

Moabite :: Moabite (n.) One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively..

Apteryx :: Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known..

Graffage :: Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.

Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan..

Moan :: Moan (v. t.) To afflict; to distress.

Samoan :: Samoan (n.) An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.

Croon :: Croon (n.) A low, continued moan; a murmur..

Moabitish :: Moabitish (a.) Moabite.

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan..

Moaning :: Moaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moa.

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans..

Moat :: Moat (v. t.) To surround with a moat.

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..

Dirgeful :: Dirgeful (a.) Funereal; moaning.