moose

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North AmericaSynonyms: elk European elk Alces alces

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

moose \moose\ (m[=oo]s), n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.]

1.(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. [1913 Webster]

2.A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose. [Obsolescent. Cant, from the early 1900's.] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

2.[capitalized] A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose. [PJC]

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. [1913 Webster]