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Etymology
From North-Eastern Algon. language, perhaps Eastern Abenaki or Narragansett, mos (or something similar; Proto-Algonquian *mÅ�swa), possibly meaning "he strips off [bark]."¹²³

Noun
en-noun|moose or dated and rare, mooses

1. US The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers. (British: elk).

#: We saw two moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh.

Synonyms
elk (British)

Translations
trans-top|largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)
Arabic: ARchar|��ظ unicode|(al-mu: �) m
Catalan: ant#Catalan|ant m
Chinese: 大鹿 (dàlù)
Cree: ��, muus
Czech: los m
Dutch: eland#Dutch|eland m
Estonian: põder
Finnish: hirvi
French: élan m, orignal m italbrac|Canadian French
German: Elch m
Greek: άλκη (álki) f
Hebrew: צ�� ��ר�קנ� (tsvi amrikani) m
Interlingua: alce
Italian: alce
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Japanese: ���� (herajika)
Latin: alces f
Northern Sami: ealga
Norwegian: elg m
Ojibwe: mooz, moonz
Polish: �o� m
Portuguese: alce m
Russian: ло�� (los�) m
Slovene: los#Slovenian|los m
Spanish: alce#Spanish|alce m
Swedish: älg c
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Ojibwe

Noun
moose (animate noun)

1. worm

Inflection
mooseg (plural)
moosen (obviative)
mooseng (locative)
moosens (diminutive)

• moosenseg (plural)
• moosensen (obviative)
• moosenseng (locative)

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Prenoun
moose- (lexical)

moose= (vowel root)

1. worm

Derived terms
moose-
moosesagad (intransitive verb, inanimate subject) - be a worm-eaten board/lumber/wooden object
moosesagizi (intransitive verb, animate subject) - be a worm-eaten timber/tree
moosewiingwe (intransitive verb, animate subject) - have acne on one's face - have a pimpley face
moosewijiibik (animate noun, also moose-ojiibik) - wormwood - field sagewort

• moosewijiibikag (plural)
• moosewijiibikan (obviative)
• moosewijiibikeng (locative)
• moosewijiibikens (diminutive)

moosewijiibikensag (plural)
moosewijiibikensan (obviative)
** moosewijiibikenseng (locative)

moose-ojiibik (animate noun, also moosewijiibik) - wormwood - field sagewort

• moose-ojiibikag (plural)
• moose-ojiibikan (obviative)
• moose-ojiibikeng (locative)
• moose-ojiibikens (diminutive)

moose-ojiibikensag (plural)
moose-ojiibikensan (obviative)
** moose-ojiibikenseng (locative)

Transformations
moose= (unaffected)
mwaase= (initial change)
maamoose= (reduplication)

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Scots

Noun
sco-noun

1. mouse

Category:sco:Rodents

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