moose
pronunciation
How to pronounce moose in British English:
UK [mu:s]
How to pronounce moose in American English:
US [mus]
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- Noun:
- large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America
Word Origin
- moose
- moose: [17] The moose’s name is a native American word. It comes from Natick moos, which has been linked by some with Narragansett moosu ‘he strips’, an allusion to the moose’s habit of stripping the bark from trees.
- moose (n.)
- 1610s, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos or Abenaki moz (compare Penobscot muns, Ojibwa mooz, Unami Delaware /mo:s/), said by early sources to be from moosu "he strips off," in reference to the animals' stripping bark for food.
Example
- 1. A bull moose can weigh up to 550 kilos .
- 2. The government is also clearing brush from verges to make moose more visible .
- 3. The ability to dress a shot moose is not sufficient qualification to occupy the most powerful seat in the world .
- 4. It is possible for a moose to starve to death with its stomach full .
- 5. The other day , my neighbours and I marvelled together at a moose running down the street toward the lake .