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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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Screenshots from a May 27 Instagram video of a paramedic stepping in to save a baby moose after a car accident.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Deer and moose munch on the shrub’s leaves and twigs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
Officials estimate there’s currently about 3,600 moose in the state compared to 2,250 in 2013.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
It is listed to work for rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, deer, chipmunks, elk and moose.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Deer and moose munch on the shrub’s leaves and twigs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
Officials estimate there’s currently about 3,600 moose in the state compared to 2,250 in 2013.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
It is listed to work for rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, deer, chipmunks, elk and moose.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Moose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moose. Accessed 29 Jul. 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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