Initialism of minute of angle. / Initialism of military operations area. / Initialism of memorandum of agreement (NATO AAP-15) / Initialism of mission-oriented approach (NATO AAP-15)

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.

plural of moa

(military) Initialism of mine and obstacle avoidance sonar. / (slang) Initialism of mother of all surgeries: a drastic cancer treatment involving intensive surgery with chemotherapy

plural of MOA

A large extinct species of moa, Megalapteryx didinus.

(now historical) A formerly posited species of giant moa, now considered to be synonymous with the North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae.

plural of moa-nalo

Any of several extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on some islands of Hawaii from the late Pleistocene until sometime before 1778.

A gastrolith swallowed by a moa.