moose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
    European elk; elk; Alces alces.

WordNet

Moose noun
Etymology
A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoölogists is considered the same species. See Elk.

Webster 1913