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plural moose
1
: a ruminant mammal (Alces alces) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest existing member of the deer family and inhabits forested areas of Canada, the northern U.S., Europe, and Asia
2
capitalized
[Loyal Order of Moose]
: a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order
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In one of David’s early episodes of Twin Peaks, there’s a scene in a bank vault with Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Ontkean and there’s a moose head lying in the middle of the table.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The most common motifs are moose, or elk, humans and boats, and sometimes a mixture of these figures.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Stag Stool Bois De Marais is a triangular bog-wood chair with a spiky moose antler as its back support.
—Osman Can Yerebakan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
The current flag depicts a farmer and a sailor flanking an image of moose beneath a tree on a dark blue backdrop.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The most common motifs are moose, or elk, humans and boats, and sometimes a mixture of these figures.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Stag Stool Bois De Marais is a triangular bog-wood chair with a spiky moose antler as its back support.
—Osman Can Yerebakan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
The current flag depicts a farmer and a sailor flanking an image of moose beneath a tree on a dark blue backdrop.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Moose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moose. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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moose
noun
plural moose
: a large cud-chewing mammal with broad flattened antlers and humped shoulders that is related to the deer and lives in forests of Canada, the northern U.S., Europe, and Asia
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