moose

[ moos ]

/ mus /

noun, plural moose.

a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.

(initial capital letter) a member of a fraternal and benevolent organization (Loyal Order of Moose).

Origin of moose

1595–1605, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki mos, reinforced by cognates in other Algonquian languages, all < Proto-Algonquian *mo˙swa

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Examples from the Web for moose

Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.
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You could hold classes in the Moose Lodge or at the Y. Classes would be large.
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Princess Anne, on a visit to Canada, was given a painting by a contemporary artist - of the Princess riding a moose.
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The Truth About the Moose He claims Chuck Heath was going to take Molly's tag And shoot a moose.
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With an agility which he would not have believed possible, he drew himself into its branches just as the moose reached the spot.
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The wapiti and heavy large-headed elk or moose, retreat before the advancing civilisation of North America.
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Fortunately, the hunters shot four moose and caught plenty of salmon trout.
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They also make finger rings out of moose hair, taken from the breast tuft of this animal, in which mottoes or devices are worked.
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Eddie, too, seemed a good deal interested in the moose idea.
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British Dictionary definitions for moose

moose

/ (muːs) /

noun plural moose

a large North American deer, Alces alces, having large flattened palmate antlers: also occurs in Europe and Asia where it is called an elk

Word Origin for moose

C17: from Algonquian; related to Narraganset moos, from moosu he strips, alluding to the moose's habit of stripping trees

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Word Origin and History for moose

moose

1610s, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos or Abenaki moz (cf. Penobscot muns, Ojibwa mooz, Unami Delaware /mo:s/), said by early sources to be from moosu "he strips off," in reference to the animals' stripping bark for food.

moose

noun, plural moose.

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