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mooswa(h) [< Algonk.: Cree]

• n. a large ruminant mammal, Alces alces, of the northern forests

  See also: moose (def. 1)  

  • 1896  (1898)  Aleck . . . pointed . . . and said "mooswa."
  • 1910  Indeed their name is derived from the Indian word mouswah, meaning wood-eater.
  • 1951  Ted Boynton spoke of mooswa which, of course, is moose.