moose

Meaning

1. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
2. Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.
3. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) An ugly person.

Synonyms

elk

elk

Alces alces

European elk

fawn

red deer

venison

gaselle

alces

european elks

Alces

antelope

lower leg on caribou

deer

🦌

elks

fat

Translations

élan

alce

Elch

🫎

Alces alces

eland

alce

orignal

🫎

alce

alces

موظ

🫎

ant

άλκη

grã-besta

Elen

🫎

Pronounced as (IPA)

/muːs/

Etymology

Cognate with Narragansett: moos

Cognate with Eastern Abnaki: mos

Cognate with Western Abnaki: moz

Cognate with Wampanoag: moos-u

In summary

Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).