Bible Dictionaries
Moose

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Moose'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/moose.html. 1828.