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moose

  [moos]
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–noun, plural moose.
1. a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
2. (initial capital letter) a member of a fraternal and benevolent organization (Loyal Order of Moose).
Origin:
1595–1605, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki mos, reinforced by cognates in other Algonquian languages, all < Proto-Algonquian *mo˙swa
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a river in NE Ontario, Canada, formed by the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers and flowing NE to James Bay. 60 mi. (100 km) long.
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moose   (mōōs)   
n.   pl. moose
A hoofed mammal (Alces alces) found in forests of northern North America and in Eurasia and having a broad, pendulous muzzle and large, palmate antlers in the male.

[Eastern Abenaki mos.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
moose

  1. n.
    a Korean girlfriend (in Korea); any girlfriend. (Crude. Military. More specifically, a Korean girl slave, bought by a G.I. from her parents.) : She's one fine moose, if you ask me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

moose 
1613, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos (cf. Abenaki mus, Penobscot muns), said by early sources to be from moosu "he strips off," in reference to the animals' stripping bark for food.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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