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noun \ˈmüs\

: a large animal with very large, flat antlers that lives in forests in the northern part of America, Europe, and Asia

plural moose

Full Definition of MOOSE

1

:  a ruminant mammal (Alces alces) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest existing member of the deer family and inhabits forested areas of Canada, the northern United States, Europe, and Asia

2

capitalized [Loyal Order of Moose] :  a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order

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Origin of MOOSE

of Algonquian origin; akin to Massachusett moos moose

First Known Use: 1603

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with MOOSE

crouse, crus, cruse, deuce, douce, goose, juice, loose, mousse, noose, nous, puce, rhus, ruse, Russ, schuss, Seuss, sluice, spruce, truce, use, Zeus

Moose

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geographical name \ˈmüs\

Definition of MOOSE

river 50 miles (80 kilometers) Canada in NE Ontario flowing NE into James Bay; estuary of Abitibi, Mattagami, & other rivers