DCHP-3

moose-deer†

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

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

See: moose(def. 1)

Quotations

1765-75
. . . the Read and Moose Deer are Plentey hear, Espeshaley the former.
1872
But the sight of a bear or moose-deer had the effect of waking him up in a way that caused his dark eyes to flash. . . .
1901
But de swallow will fly, an' de beeg moose deer/ An' caribou too, will go long way/ To drink de sweet water of Lac Grenier
2n.

the flesh of the moose used as food.

See: moose(def. 2)

Quotations

1807
They assist one another with provisions when in want, and their principal food consists of hares, beavers and moose deer, generally roasted.
1880
The dinner consisted of the head of a moose-deer, which had been cut up into large pieces and then boiled.
3n.

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

See: caribou(def. 1)

Quotations

1789
North America supplies us with skins of the Stag, the Deer, and the Roe-Buck; of the Mooze deer, called there CARIBOU; and of the Elk, which they call ORIGNAL.
1793
The . . . Assinibouan River is the part most abounding in all the north west, the following animals are natives of it, viz--Buffaloes, Moose Deers, Orignals, Elks, Red Deer, Cabeniers of various kinds. . . .