noun. A large deer (Alces alces) of northern North American and Eurasian forests, having a broad pendulous muzzle, humped shoulders, and large, palmate antlers in the male.

noun. 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.

noun. The Alaskan moose has been described as a new species, Alces gigas, distinguished by its larger teeth and antlers, and by other characteristics.

noun. 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.

noun. A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.

noun. A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.

noun. the Canada jayor whisky jack. See Whisky jack.

noun. Same as Moose.

noun. a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection.

noun. A stew.

noun. The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

noun. Plural form of moose.

noun. large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America

"'As I sat before the fire on my fir-twig seat, without walls above or around me, I remembered how far on every hand that wilderness stretched, before you came to cleared or cultivated fields, and wondered if any bear or moose was watching the light of my fire; for nature looked sternly upon me on account of the _murder of the moose_."

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