Moose vs. Caribou

Moosenoun

(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.’;

Caribounoun

Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.

Moosenoun

(informal) An ugly person.

Caribounoun

The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

Moosenoun

A stew.

Caribounoun

arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America

Moosenoun

A large cervine mammal (Alces alces syn. Alces machlis, syn Alces 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, and by many Zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.

Moosenoun

A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.

Moosenoun

A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.

Moosenoun

large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America

Moose

The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (Alces alces), is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate () antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic () configuration.

‘open-hand shaped’; ‘twig-like’;