| moose | <zoology> A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. 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. <zoology> Moose bird, a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection. Origin: A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Mooser bodies | A term used to refer to the rickettsiae found in the exudate (and in tissue) from the tunica vaginalis in endemic typhus fever (caused by Rickettsia typhi). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mooser, Hermann | <person> Swiss pathologist in Mexico, *1891. See: Mooser bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moosewood | <botany> An alternative term for leatherwood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |