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M0415300 (mo͞os)moose
(muːs)moose
(mus)n., pl. moose.
| Noun | 1. |  moose - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America |
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| 释义 | mooseenUKmoosemooseM0415300 (mo͞os)moose(muːs)moose(mus)n., pl. moose.
moose(muːs) – plural moose – nounmooseenUKmoosemoosemooseenUKMoose,river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, formed in central Ont., Canada, by the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers. It flows NE to its confluence with the Abitibi River and into SW James Bay near Moosonee.moose,largest member of the deer family, genus Alces, found in the northern parts of Eurasia and North America. The Eurasian species, A. alces, is known in Europe as the elkelk,name applied to several large members of the deer family. It most properly designates the largest member of the family, Alces alces, found in the northern regions of Eurasia and North America. In North America this animal is called moose. ..... Click the link for more information. , a name which in North America is applied to another large deer, the wapitiwapiti , large North American deer, Cervus canadensis, closely related to the Old World red deer. It is commonly called elk in America although the name elk is used in Europe to refer to the moose. ..... Click the link for more information. . The Eurasian and the American moose are quite similar, but the American moose is somewhat larger and is considered by some to be a separate species, A. americana. It inhabits the coniferous forests of Alaska, Canada, and the northern conterminous United States. The moose has a heavy brown body with humped shoulders, and long, lighter-colored legs, the front pair longer than the hind ones. It has a thick, overhanging, almost trunklike muzzle and a short neck; a flap of skin covered with long hair and called the bell hangs from the throat. The male has broad, extremely flattened antlers, with a spread of up to 6 ft (180 cm). The largest variety is the Alaska moose; the adult male weighs from 1,000 to 1,800 lb (450–820 kg) and stands as much as 7 1-2 ft (2.3 m) high at the shoulder. Browsers rather than grazers, moose eat leaves, twigs, buds, and the bark of some woody plants, as well as lichens, aquatic plants, and some of the taller herbaceous land plants. Moose live in small groups during the summer, sometimes forming large herds in the winter. They are polygamous, the males becoming very aggressive during the mating season. They are strong swimmers, reportedly crossing lakes many miles wide. Protection in national parks and reserves in Canada and the United States has saved the moose from extermination. Hunting of moose is strictly regulated. The Eurasian moose, or elk, is found from Scandinavia to E Siberia. Moose are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata , phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals. ..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, Class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Cervidae. Moosea river in eastern Canada, in the basin of Hudson Bay. It is formed by the confluence of the Mattagami (442 km long) and Missinaibi (426 km long) rivers, which rise in the Canadian Shield. The Moose River empties into James Bay. Its length from the point of confluence is 104 km, and its basin drains an area of 108, 000 sq km. The mean flow rate is 1, 400 cu m per sec. The river’s largest tributary (right) is the Abitibi River (547 km long). A railroad has been constructed along the Moose valley to the port of Moosonee at the mouth of the river. moose[müs]MoosemooseMOOSE
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