“moa”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

moa

释义

‖ moa|ˈməʊə|
[Maori.]
a. A bird of the genus Dinornis, formerly inhabiting New Zealand.
[1820Gram. & Voc. New Zealand Lang. 181 Móe O', a bird so called.]1842Bp. Williams in Trans. Zool. Soc. (1844) III. 237 The Natives told me of some extraordinary monster which they said was in existence,..to which they gave the name of ‘Moa’.1862Dana Man. Geol. 578 The Moa (Dinornis giganteus) of New Zealand exceeded the ostrich in size.1880Daily Tel. 20 Sept., The other Barons are doomed, and will ere long be an extinct species, like the moa.
b. attrib., as moa bone.
1875J. von Haast in Trans. N.Z. Inst. VII. 89 The older occupants, probably the Moa-hunters, who were inhabitants, or at least frequent visitors at the Moa Bone Point Cave.1957J. Frame Owls do Cry xiv. 61 A moa bone.

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