A moose is a large type of deer. Moose have big flat horns called antlers and are found in Northern Europe, Asia, and North America. Some British speakers use moose to refer to the North American variety of this animal, and elk to refer to the European and Asian varieties.
moose in British English
(muːs)
nounWord forms: pluralmoose
a large North American deer, Alces alces, having large flattened palmate antlers: also occurs in Europe and Asia where it is called an elk
Word origin
C17: from Algonquian; related to Narraganset moos, from moosu he strips, alluding to the moose's habit of stripping trees
moose in American English
(mus)
US
nounWord forms: pluralmoose
a deer (Alces alces) of N regions, the male of which has huge spatulate antlers and weighs up to 815 kg (c. 1,800 lb): it is the largest of the deer family