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mo⋅a

[moh-uh]
–noun
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.

Origin:
1810–20; < Maori
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mo·a   (mō'ə)   
n.  Any of various flightless ostrichlike birds of the family Dinornithidae, native to New Zealand and extinct for over a century.

[Maori.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MOA
  1. market opportunity analysis

  2. memorandum of agreement

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