From moko (“lizard”) + nui (“big”). <span class="searchmatch">mokonui</span> dinosaur “<span class="searchmatch">mokonui</span>” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition...
Proto-Oceanic *mogko (compare with Fijian moko) moko lizard, gecko mokomoko <span class="searchmatch">mokonui</span> mokopeke ^ Edward Tregear (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1]...