moho
moho · mohos
The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New ZealandThe North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.
Meaning
3 sensesThe North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.
Synonym of oo.
(informal, rare)A motor home.
More definitions
- the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
Origin
Borrowed from Māori moho. From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, onomatopoeic from its call, via confusion oBorrowed from Māori moho.
From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, onomatopoeic from its call, via confusion of its name with the moho (“rail”).
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