moose
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- noun
- /muːs/
- US
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- The guide explained that the moose is known for its impressive antlers, which can grow up to six feet wide.
- wolves and moose
- caribou and moose
- deer and moose
And I realize it's the huge antlers of a moose.
- And I realize it's the huge antlers of a moose.
- What is the biggest natural predator to moose?
- And a bull moose is a formidable animal, but it's nothing like a Cape Buffalo.
- You might see this up, I don't know, a moose having quite a time and that could be him.
Examples
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Once an icon of the northern wilderness, moose in and around Grand Portage are now rarely seen.
Academic text (2009) -
Near Ellen Lake, Buchert spots a moose cow and calf lying together under a balsam fir.
Academic text (2009) -
I thought a moose was about to attack me.
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"What if my car had been hit by a big moose in Maine?" he asked.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have the pleasure of introducing you to a moose.
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If you encounter a moose when stepping out of the office, get off the trail.
Academic text (2003) -
And a bull moose is a formidable animal, but it's nothing like a Cape Buffalo.
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There has been a program to reintroduce moose here since the mid-1980s.
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Each winter, the tribe conducts an annual moose survey with helicopter flights over the reservation.
Academic text (2009) -
Before 1880, the main herbivores here were moose, woodland caribou, and beaver.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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A very large deer with broad, flat antlers that lives in Europe and Asia
A large northern deer with broad, flat antlers on males, called moose in North America and elk in Europe
Compounds
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A former US political party started by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 that supported progressive reforms
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Etymology
Moose comes from a Native American word like mos or moos meaning 'twig eater'. So the name fits the big northern deer, because moose eat twigs and branches.