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DictionarymooseLarge northern deer
noun

moose

MOOS/muːs/

A large northern deer whose males have broad, flat antlers.

The moose stands with its broad antlers in view.

A single adult bull moose in three-quarter view, with its broad palmate antlers, long overhanging muzzle, shoulder hump, and long legs clearly visible.
Etymology
mooseNarragansettmoose

The animal’s name probably comes from Narragansett or Abenaki. Early sources linked it to “he strips off,” supposedly referring to the moose stripping bark for winter food.

In context

Nat Geo Animals1:59
this is where two big bull moose got locked together during a fight and that's the way they died moose mating season two prime bulls each weighing in at 1500 pounds antlers the size of snowplows
Super Moose (Full Episode) | America the Wild

More examples

  • We saw two moose beside the road.
  • The moose waded into shallow water.
  • A bull moose lifted its broad antlers.

Forms

moose

Similar words

deer
The broader animal family.
elk
A different large North American deer.