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Moose vs Mooseburger - What's the difference?

moose | mooseburger |

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

  • (US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
    • We saw a moose at the edge of the woods by the marsh .
  • (informal) An ugly person
    • 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 * mooseyness
    See also
    * (wikipedia "moose")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) moes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A stew.

    • References

    English invariant nouns English irregular plurals English plurals ----

    mooseburger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burger made from moose meat
  • *{{quote-news, 1947, October 21, , , The Washington Post, page=B1 citation
    • , 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 citation
    • , 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.}}