DCHP-3

gray moose

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1

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

See: gray deer,moose(def. 1)

Quotations

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: wapiti

Quotations

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."