Usage N.Amer. (=elk)
ETYM A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.
(Homonym: mousse). (Irregular plural: moose).
A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or a. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk.
Large deer Alces alces inhabiting N Asia and N Europe, where it is known as the elk. It is brown in color, stands about 6 ft/2 m at the shoulders, and has very large palmate antlers, a fleshy muzzle, a short neck, and long legs. It feeds on leaves and shoots.
A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or a. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk.
Veliki severnoevropski jelen. Severni jelen.
Vrsta velikog severnog jelena koji ima loptaste rogove.
River 50 miles (80 kilometers) Canada in ne Ontario flowing ne into James Bay; estuary of Abitibi, Mattagami, and other rivers.