: any of various usually very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand of a ratite order (Dinornithiformes) including two (Dinornis robustus and D. novaezelandiae of the family Dinornithidae) nearly 12 feet (3.7 meters) in height
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The tallest bird to ever exist was the extinct South Island giant moa, native to New Zealand.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Centuries ago, bush moas were among the world's largest birds.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Researchers have been finding bush moa fossils for centuries, Edwards said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
New Zealand was once a land of flightless birds like the extinct moa—no terrestrial mammalian predators in sight.
—Rina Diane Caballar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Centuries ago, bush moas were among the world's largest birds.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
Researchers have been finding bush moa fossils for centuries, Edwards said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 May 2024
New Zealand was once a land of flightless birds like the extinct moa—no terrestrial mammalian predators in sight.
—Rina Diane Caballar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
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: any of various usually very large extinct birds of New Zealand that were not able to fly
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