moose

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

alce

grã-besta

veado

🦌

alces

alce americano

Sinônimos

elk

elk

Alces alces

European elk

fawn

red deer

venison

gaselle

alces

european elks

Alces

antelope

lower leg on caribou

deer

🦌

elks

fat

Traduções

alce

élan

Elch

🫎

Alces alces

alce

eland

orignal

🫎

alces

موظ

🫎

ant

άλκη

Elen

🫎

Alces

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/muːs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com Narragansett: moos

Cognato com Eastern Abnaki: mos

Cognato com Western Abnaki: moz

Cognato com 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”).