moa

English Thesaurus

1. extinct flightless bird of New Zealand (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird,
definition	:	flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	dinornis giganteus, giant moa,
definition	:	the largest moa; about 12 feet high (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anomalopteryx, anomalopteryx oweni,
definition	:	the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dinornithidae, family dinornithidae,
definition	:	moas (noun.animal)