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.

River 50 miles (80 kilometers) Canada in ne Ontario flowing ne into James Bay; estuary of Abitibi, Mattagami, and other rivers.