moa

moa

any large flightless bird of the recently extinct order Dinornithiformes of New Zealand (see ratite)

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moa

large ostrichlike bird, hunted chiefly for its food; it died out in 1914. [Ecology: Hammond, 290]

See: Extinction

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Moa

 

a city and port on the northeastern coast of Cuba, located in Oriente Province. Population, 15,000 (1970). Combines for nickel and cobalt processing and housing construction are located there, and commercial fishing is carried on. Nickel, cobalt, iron ore, and chromites are mined in the vicinity of Moa.

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