mooswa(h)

[< Algonk.: Cree]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

See: moose(def. 1)

Quotations

1896

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.