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moose
noun
(
moose
)
or dated and rare, mooses
The largest member of the deer family (
Alces alces
), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(British:
elk).
We saw two at the edge of the woods by the marsh
.
Translations:
Dutch: eland
French: élan , orignal (
italbrac, Canadian French
)
German: Elch
Italian: alce
Spanish: alce
Etymology:
From North-Eastern (
Algon.
) language, perhaps Eastern Abenaki or Narragansett,
mos
(or something similar; Proto-Algonquian
mÅswa
), possibly meaning "he strips off bark."
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