moose

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  1. noun A hoofed mammal (Alces alces) found in forests of northern North America and in Eurasia and having a broad, pendulous muzzle and large, palmate antlers in the male.

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  1. Eastern Abenaki mos.

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  1. Formerly also moosis; from Algonkin musu, Knisteneaux mouswah: said to mean ‘wood-eater.’
 

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