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Definition of Giant moa

1. Noun. The largest moa; about 12 feet high.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Moa

Literary usage of Giant moa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Winners in Life's Race, Or, The Great Backboned Family by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"For long ago, though in the memory of man, as 36. we learn from the Wingless birds of New Zealand. The giant Moa ..."

2. Phases of Animal Life, Past and Present by Richard Lydekker (1892)
"46, A), which, although by no means equal in height to the giant moa, was of much more massive build. In this extraordinary bird the leg-bone is much ..."

3. Extinct Animals by Edwin Ray Lankester (1905)
"Photographs to one scale of the Apteryx, the Ostrich and the giant Moa of New Zealand, each with its egg- have been a smaller bird, ..."

4. Our Wonderful Progress: The World's Triumphant Knowledge and Works : a Vast by Trumbull White (1902)
"... Zealand contributes the giant moa, a bird which stood twelve feet in height. The natives who were living at the time of the first white settlement of ..."

5. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"Also we saw a complete skeleton of the giant Moa. It stood ten feet high, and must have been a sight to look at when it was a living bird. It was a kicker, ..."

6. Elements of Zoology by Charles Frederick Holder, Joseph Bassett Holder (1885)
"Ostrich (Struthio- nida). — This family is represented in South America by the Rhea FIG. 276.—Wingless birds of New Zealand. The giant moa ..."

7. More Tramps Abroad by Mark Twain (1897)
"Also we saw a complete skeleton of the giant moa. It stood ten feet high, and must have been a sight to look ..."

8. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1921)
"... Notornis, and Dinornis, the latter class including the dodo and the giant moa. He was also the first to describe the Trichina spiralis (18351), ..."

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