Moose Definition

mo͝os
noun
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.
Webster's New World
Plural form of moose.
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(informal) An ugly person.

Wiktionary

(obsolete, rare) A stew.

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Origin of Moose

  • Earlier mus, moos, from a Northeastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws (cognate to Narragansett moos, Penobscot mos, Abenaki moz), from moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa, referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Dutch moes.

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  • Eastern Abenaki mos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Moose Sentence Examples

  • Deer and moose are still found in the state.

  • There are also a few moose and some beavers.

  • The moose and red deer are found in the wooded regions, and the jumping deer and antelope on the prairies.

  • These were rapidly reduced in number by the white man, the wild pigeons are extinct, and the moose, caribou, bear, wolf, lynx and beaver have become rare, but, under the protection of laws enacted during the latter part of the 19th century, deer and ruffed grouse are again quite plentiful.

  • There are some porcupines, red foxes, minks and martens, but the moose, wolf and lynx are practically extinct.

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