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moose n.

(Zool.) A large cervine mammal (Alces alces syn. Alces machlis, syn Alces Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many Zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.

A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose. (Obsolescent. Cant, from the early 1900's.)

(capitalized) A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.

Moose bird (Zool.), the Canada jayor whisky jack. See Whisky jack.

Moose deer. Same as Moose.

Moose yard (Zool.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection.

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Etymology of 'Moose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Moose" Quotes from Famous Books

... the deer—the moose, stag, rein-deer, elk, and others. Of these, the stag is one of the most interesting. He is said to love music, and to show great delight in hearing a person sing. "Traveling some years since," says a gentleman whose statements may be relied on, "I met a bevy of about twenty stags, ...

— Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match • Francis C. Woodworth

... a most unusual thing for a deer to do, though many a hunter has been killed by a wounded buck or moose, who has turned upon and attacked him with the fury ...

— Through Forest and Fire - Wild-Woods Series No. 1 • Edward Ellis

... he found a letter awaiting him there. It was stuck up among the antlers of Uncle Jeb's moose head which hung in the old camp manager's cabin. He found Uncle Jeb alone in his glory, and mighty ...

— Tom Slade at Black Lake • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... they'd spring up a bunch of moose or something, an' go away an' leave us alone," ...

— White Fang • Jack London

... tam' 'go have all country when his fadder small boy. Dem day good hunting—plenty beaver, mink, moose, buffalo like leaf on tree, plenty hit (eat), warm wigwam, Indian no seeck, notting wrong. Dem day Indian lak' deer go every place. Dem day Indian man lak' bear 'fraid notting. Good tam', happy, hunt deer, keel buffalo, hit all day. Ah-h-h! ah-h-h!" The half-breed's ...

— The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail • Ralph Connor

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