Moose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stew.
  • n. The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
  • n. Plural form of moose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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 zoölogists is considered the same species. See elk.
  • n. A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.
  • n. A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An animal of the family Cervidæ, the Cervus alces or Alces malchis of those who hold that it is the same as the elk of Europe; the moose-deer of America, by some considered specifically distinct from the elk of Europe, and then called Alces americana.
  • n. The Alaskan moose has been described as a new species, Alces gigas, distinguished by its larger teeth and antlers, and by other characteristics.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cervid    deer   
    Variant
    elk   
    Form
    moosey    mooseyness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    speed    elk    Canadian    qualifier    l    humorous    en    bump    Newfoundland   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce    Chartreuse    Duce    Luce    Seuss    Spruce    Zeus    abstruse    abuse    boose   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    elk    caribou    buffalo    stag    buffaloe    boar    walrus    rhinoceros    panther    wapiti