DCHP-2

moose-deer † Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

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

  See also: moose (def. 1)  

• 2 n.

  the flesh of the moose used as food.

  See also: moose (def. 2)  

• 3 n.

  any of several species of North American reindeer, genus Rangifer, native to Canada, Alaska, and formerly to Maine and Mass.

  See also: caribou (def. 1)