Mōose, n.

n. [A native Indian name; Knisteneaux, mouswah; Algonquin, monse. Mackenzie.] (Zool.) An animal of the deer kind, having a short, thick neck, with a mane, a long, horny muffle, and broad, slouching ears. The males have antlers, branched and broadly palmate. The American moose is Alce Americanus, and is the largest deer of America. It is found from the northern part of the United States to the Arctic Ocean, and is distinct from, though resembling, the elk of Europe;—called also moose-deer. [See Illust. of Elk.]