moose

UK: /ˈmuːs/ US: /mus/ ,(mo̅o̅s)

Inflections of 'moose' (n): npl: moose

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

moose /mus/   n. [countable] , pl. moose. 

1. Mammals a large, long-headed deer of the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous, flat antlers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

moose  (mo̅o̅s), n., pl. moose. 

1. a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
2. (cap.) a member of a fraternal and benevolent organization (Loyal Order of Moose.)

• Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa
• Eastern Abenaki mos, reinforced by cognates in other Algonquian languages, all
• 1595–1605, American.

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moose / muːs/ noun (moose)

1. a large North American deer, Alces alces, having large flattened palmate antlers: also occurs in Europe and Asia where it is called an elk

Etymology: 17th Century: from Algonquian; related to Narraganset moos, from moosu he strips, alluding to the moose's habit of stripping trees