moose Definition
☆ moose (mo̵̅o̅s)
noun pl. moose
a deer (Alces alces) of N regions, the male of which has huge spatulate antlers and weighs up to 815 kg (c. 1,800 lb): it is the largest of the deer family
Etymology: < Eastern Abenaki mos
moose Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: The mammals include moose, wild boar, deer, beavers, wolves, badgers, otters and lynx.
- see: By the time I walked into camp on my last night, that was still the closest I'd come to seeing moose.
- have: We have moose in the back yard but no pets.
- hunt: Perhaps he is out hunting moose, or whatever it is they do to pass the time in Canada.
- tan: Foot is made from two pieces of smoked tanned moose hide.
- get: I've got a furry moose I can bring along, too.
Adjective modifier
- female: After dinner I went out to find him again, and there was a female moose ten meters away in the other direction.
- giant: Fossils can be found dating back from when elephants, rhinos and giant moose roamed the land.
- cuddly: Posted by: Adrian Sevitz | September 27, 2003 05:16 PM Good idea Gert, Lyle could bring one of his cuddly moose!
- animated: It's down to our heroes, the animated moose and squirrel, Rocky and Bullwinkle, to save the day.
- large: N: Just then, someone rushed into the shop, dragging with him a large moose.
Modifies a noun
- head: The airmen are taken back into the Cafe and hidden inside a pair of moose heads.
- population: The same government is also funding a research project into the effects of wolves on a moose population.
- antler: The bull moose antlers were often six feet wide.
- hunt: He was my host on a five-day moose hunt in Norway on which everything went right - a rare occasion in the hunting field.
- meat: Moose meat is cooked in several ways from steaming to smoking or pot roasting, and accompanied by sourdough and vegetables.
Noun used with modifier
bull: Then I almost banged into 500kg of bull moose, standing at the edge of the campsite.
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