moa

n. 恐鸟

发音

NZ /ˈmɒʌ/
其它
NZ /ˈmoə/
UK /ˈməʊə/

词形变化

moas 复数 moas

别名

moe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

    恐鸟

  2. 2.

    An extremely tall individual.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

ratite

下位词 1

giant moa

相关短语

moa stone moa stones moa bed moa beds little bush moa heavy-footed moa upland moa South Island giant moa slender moa bush moa lesser moa North Island giant moa giant moa [网络] 巨人莫阿 broad-billed moa coastal moa

词源

Borrowed from Māori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).

来源：wiktionary