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O'ahu moa-nalo

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The Oahu moa-nalo (Thambetochen xanion) is one of two species of moa-nalo in the genus Thambetochen. [1]

19 relations: Duck, Epithet, Evolution, Extinction, Flightless bird, Genus, Greek language, Hawaiian Islands, Helen F. James, Holocene, Kalaeloa, Hawaii, Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo, Moa-nalo, Oahu, Pacific Ocean, Species, Storrs L. Olson, Subfossil, Thambetochen.

Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese.

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Epithet

An epithet (from ἐπίθετον epitheton, neuter of ἐπίθετος epithetos, "attributed, added") is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Flightless bird

Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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Helen F. James

Helen Frances James (born May 22, 1956) is an American paleontologist and paleornithologist who has published extensively on the fossil birds of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Kalaeloa, Hawaii

Kalaeloa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States.

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Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo

The Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous), also known as the Maui Nui moa-nalo, is one of two species of moa-nalo in the genus Thambetochen.

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Moa-nalo

The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiokinai itself, in the Pacific.

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Oahu

O‘ahu (often anglicized Oahu) known as "The Gathering Place" is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Storrs L. Olson

Storrs Lovejoy Olson (born April 3, 1944) is an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008.

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Subfossil

A subfossil (as opposed to a fossil) is a bone or other part of an organism that has not fully fossilized.

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Thambetochen

Thambetochen is an extinct genus of moa-nalo duck.

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Redirects here:

O'ahu Large-billed Moa-nalo, O'ahu Moa-nalo, O'ahu large-billed moa-nalo, Oahu Moa-nalo, Thambetochen xanion.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'ahu_moa-nalo

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