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- moose 1
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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Initial findings suggest the presence of moose or caribou, though researchers plan to test the surrounding soil to confirm whether such animals were stored in the cache or were just passing by.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
The personality comes from interesting color options (like the olive green camo) and not from outsized logos or branding – there’s not a moose logo in sight.
—Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Video shows 'amazing' rescue of moose from icy waters
Forest ranger Evan Nahor cut through the ice while Higgins cleared the ice blocks, creating a path for the moose to free itself.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Lamy wanted to use materials left behind either by the natural world itself — elk and moose shed their antlers, for example — or those discarded by humans and give them new life as chairs.
—Osman Can Yerebakan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
The personality comes from interesting color options (like the olive green camo) and not from outsized logos or branding – there’s not a moose logo in sight.
—Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Video shows 'amazing' rescue of moose from icy waters
Forest ranger Evan Nahor cut through the ice while Higgins cleared the ice blocks, creating a path for the moose to free itself.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Lamy wanted to use materials left behind either by the natural world itself — elk and moose shed their antlers, for example — or those discarded by humans and give them new life as chairs.
—Osman Can Yerebakan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Moose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moose. Accessed 8 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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