Plural of moa
irregular plural
The plural of moa is moa or moas.
Forms of moa
| Singular | moa /ˈmɒʌ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | moa /ˈmɒʌ/ moas |
| Countable | countable |
Moas in a sentence
- The moas (order Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand are likewise extinct but almost certainly some still survived when Tasman first sighted the islands in 1642.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 29
- Haast's eagle lived on the island undisturbed until people arrived and started eating all the moas they could find.2012, Matt Kaplan, The Science of Monsters, Simon & Schuster (Scribner), page 26. From the entry Haast's eagle
Meaning of moa
- noun Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.
- noun An extremely tall individual.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of moa
- What is the plural of moa?
- The plural of moa is moa or moas.
- Is moa countable?
- Moa is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: moa (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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