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[syn: Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moho \Mo"ho\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New
Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of
flight. See Notornis.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moho \Mo"ho\, n. [Short for Mohorovicic discontinuity, from
Andrija Mohorovi[ccaron]i[cacute], a Yugoslavian geologist.]
(Geol.)
The boundary between the earth's crust and the semiliquid
mantle beneath. It varies in depth from 3 miles beneath the
surface at certain points in the ocean to over 25 miles under
certain parts of continents.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Moho
n 1: the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying
mantle; "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles
down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents" [syn:
Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]