Mongoose vs Moose - What's the difference?
mongoose | moose |
Carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar famed as a predator of venomous snakes.
(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(informal) An ugly person
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As nouns the difference between mongoose and moose
is that mongoose is carnivores of the family Herpestidae and the similar pedia=1s (subfamily: Galidiinae), ranging in size from small rats to large cats, including the pedia=1 famed as a predator of venomous snakes while moose is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.mongoose
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(wikipedia mongoose) (Herpestidae) (Galidinae)Noun
(en-noun)moose
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Etymology 1
Earlier mus'', ''moos , from a Northeastern (etyl) language name for the animal, such as (etyl) moos, mws (cognate to (etyl) moos, (etyl) mos, (etyl) moz), from , referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding.Online Etymology Dictionary
Noun
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh .