Moho

See also: moho and mohó

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Hawaiian ‘ō‘ō, onomatopoeic from its call, via confusion of its name with the moho (“rail”). Coined by French naturalist and ornithologist René Primevère Lesson in 1830

Proper noun

†Moho m

A taxonomic genus within the family Mohoidae – oos, of Hawaii, now extinct.

References

Moho (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Moho on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Moho on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊhəʊ

Proper noun

Moho

(geology) Short for Mohorovičić discontinuity.

Anagrams

HOMO, homo, homo-

Spanish

Proper noun

Moho ?

A province of Puno, Peru

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