Moa

In several Polynesian languages, such as Hawaiian, the word moa translates to "chicken, red jungle chicken (Gallus gallus), fowl," as brought to Hawaiʻi and New Zealand by Polynesian explorers. The word "moa" is a Polynesian term for domestic fowl. 19th century missionaries in New Zealand, such as William Williams and William Colenso, speculated that the extinct Moa birds (Dinornithiformes) may have resembled gigantic fowl. This is why these extinct giant birds were called Moa.