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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Abenaki mos

moose

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
moose plural moose [countable]
HBA a large brown animal like a deer that has very large flat antlers (=horns that grow like branches) and lives in North America, northern Europe, and parts of Asia
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