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moai
(redirected from Easter Island statue)

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moai [ˈməʊaɪ]
n pl moai
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) any of the gigantic carved stone figures found on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
[from Rapanui (the Polynesian language of Easter Island), literally: statue, figurine]
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