/ muːs; NAmE / noun
( pl. moose ) a large deer that lives in N America. In Europe and Asia it is called an elk .
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Abnaki mos . Abnaki is a group of two extinct Algonquian languages.
/ muːs; NAmE / noun
( pl. moose ) a large deer that lives in N America. In Europe and Asia it is called an elk .
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Abnaki mos . Abnaki is a group of two extinct Algonquian languages.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005