ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mao

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mao is a noun meaning The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

Meaning

The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

More Meanings

  1. (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include maw, maon, hair, ama, cam, meas.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.