moose

moose  (ms)

n. pl. moose

A hoofed mammal (Alces alces) found in forests of northern North America and in Eurasia and having a broad, pendulous muzzle and large, palmate antlers in the male.

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[Eastern Abenaki mos.]

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moose [muːs]

n pl moose

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large North American deer, Alces alces, having large flattened palmate antlers: also occurs in Europe and Asia where it is called an elk

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

Thesaurus

Noun

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moose - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America Alces alces, elk, European elk cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Alces, genus Alces - elk or moose

Translations

moose [muːs] N (moose (pl)) → alce m

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moose [ˈmuːs] [moose] (pl) n → élan m

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moose

n pl <-> → Elch m

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moose [muːs] n pl inv → alce m

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moose [muːs] n pl inv → alce m

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moose

n moose [muːs]

a type of large deer found in North America, and also in northern Europe where it is known as the elk. Amerikaanse eland أيِّل شَّمال أمريكي лос los elg der Elch μεγαλόσωμο ελάφι alce põder گوزن شمالی hirvi orignal אֶייָל अमरीकी हिरण sjevernoamerički los jávorszarvas rusa besar elgur alce 大鹿 무스(캐나다, 미국 북부에 사는 큰 사슴) briedis (Ziemeļamerikas) alnis rusa besar eland elg łoś alce elan лось los los los [] älg กวางขนาดใหญ่ที่มีเขาแบน Kanada geyiği 駝鹿，麋 американський лось شمالی امریکا کا ایک ہرن nai sừng tấm Bắc Mỹ 驼鹿，麋