Moose vs Mooseburger - What's the difference?
moose | mooseburger |
(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(informal) An ugly person
A burger made from moose meat
*{{quote-news, 1947, October 21, , , The Washington Post, page=B1
, passage="Mooseburgers " were the order of the day at Lyndon Hill Junior High School, Seat Pleasant, yesterday noon.}}
*{{quote-news, 1990, February 23, , Along Alaska Railroad Tracks, a Killing Winter for Moose, Philadelphia Inquirer, page=A1
, passage="It's mooseburger tonight," Mike Oakes said, rubbing his gloved hands together in the 20-below cold and giving one last shove to the rump of the dead moose hanging off the bed of his red pickup truck.}}
As nouns the difference between moose and mooseburger
is that moose is while mooseburger is a burger made from moose meat.moose
English
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 .
Usage notes
* The use of (as with the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant); however, this usage can sometimes be considered stilted when a group of more than one moose are considered individually, in which case avoidance of the plural may be the best option, necessitating the employment of a circumlocution.Synonyms
* (l) (British), (l) (qualifier)Derived terms
* moosebird * moose deer * mooseling * moosey * moose yard * mooseynessSee also
* (wikipedia "moose")Etymology 2
From (etyl) moes.mooseburger
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