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moose

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"Large antlered animal"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /muːs/Part of speech nounSorted emoosStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A very large northern deer with broad antlers in the male.

Word origin

Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).

Used in a sentence

  • We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
  • Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.
  • In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.

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