Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as o.
  • noun One of the Sandwich Island honeysuckers, Moho or Acrulocercus nobilis, the bright yellow axillary feathers of which were used with those of the mamo in making cloaks and leis for the chiefs. See Moho, with cut.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete One.
  • noun (Zoöl.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A Hawaiian honeyeater of the genus Moho, now believed to be extinct.
  • adjective computing Initialism of object-oriented.
  • noun obsolete The Greek letter omega.

Etymologies

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From Hawaiian ‘ō‘ō

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Representation of a long-o sound.

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  • A Hawaiian honeyeater of the genus Moho.

    December 8, 2007

  • Breasts.

    May 8, 2008

  • Eyes. Pool balls. Expression of foreboding?

    May 8, 2008

  • Split infinity.

    May 9, 2008

  • Oo, clever...

    I'll go for 'a doughnut in cross-section'.

    May 9, 2008

  • O dear, I'm seeing two of you.

    May 9, 2008

  • those last two spaghetti-o's stuck to the bottom of the can.

    May 9, 2008

  • those last two pieces of calamari on the bottom of the dish that everyone insists they're too stuffed to eat.

    May 9, 2008

  • squidoo?

    May 9, 2008

  • Were you looking for op and Oö

    nice!

    April 12, 2010

  • Those last two cheerios stuck to the plate after it's dried out.

    March 24, 2013

  • Who eats Cheerios on a plate?

    March 26, 2013