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Webster 1913 Edition
moose
moose
(moōs)
, Noun.
[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
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moose
MOOSE
,Noun.
An animal of the genus Cervus, and the largest of the deer kind, growing sometimes to the highth of 17 hands, and weighing 1200 pounds. This animal has palmated horns,with a short thick neck, and an upright mane of a light brown color. The eyes are small, the ears a foot long, very broad and slouching; the upper lip is square,hangs over the lower one, and has a deep sulcus in the middle so as to appear bifid. This animal inhabits cold northern climates, being found in the American forests of Canada and New England, and in the corresponding latitudes of Europe and Asia. It is the elk of Europe.