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▪ I. ‖ moho1|ˈmɔhɔ|
[Maori.]
A ralline bird, Notornis Mantelli, of New Zealand. See also notornis and takahe.
1848R. Taylor in Proc. Zool. Soc. (1850) xviii. 211 Moho Rail, colour black, said to be a wingless bird as large as a fowl..; it is nearly exterminated by the cat. 1850Mantell in Proc. Zool. Soc. xviii. 211 According to the native traditions, a large Rail was contemporary with the Moa... It was known to the North Islanders by the name of ‘Moho’. 1865Gould Handbk. Birds Austral. II. 576 Notornis Mantelli Owen. Moho.
▪ II. ‖ moho2|ˈməʊhəʊ|
[Hawaiian.]
A genus of meliphagine birds peculiar to the Sandwich Islands, named in 1831 by Lesson; a bird of this genus.
[1782W. Ellis Voy. Capts. Cook & Clerke 1776–80 II. 156 A black and yellow bird called mohò.] 1890in Century Dict. 1904Blackw. Mag. Feb. 245 This moho feeds much also on the nectar of flowers.
▪ III. moho
variant of mahoe1. |