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

Moate :: Moate (v. i.) To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute..

Moabitish :: Moabitish (a.) Moabite.

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

Moan :: Moan (v. i.) A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.

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

Moaned :: Moaned (imp. & p. p.) of Moa.

Lament :: Lament (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Weep :: Weep (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..

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

Struthionine :: Struthiones (n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae..

Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..

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

Moabitess :: Moabitess (n.) A female Moabite.

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

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

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

Groan :: Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans..