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noun (moose) or dated and rare, mooses
  1. 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


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