DCHP-1 Online
gray moose Obs. 
1 a large ruminant mammal, Alces alces, of the northern forests.
See also: gray deer moose (def. 1)
- 1784 In most parts of North America they are called the Grey moose. . . .
- 1823 The native animals [include] Grey Moose, Carraboo. . . .
2 the North American elk or stag, Cervus canadensis.
See also: wapiti
- 1853 [The wapiti's] name of "grey moose" is a hunter appelation, to distinguish it from the real moose, which some hunters know as the "black moose."
- 1784 In most parts of North America they are called the Grey moose. . . .