Deer vs. Moose

Deernoun

A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.

Deernoun

(in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk.

Deernoun

The meat of such an animal; venison.

Deernoun

An animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.

Deer

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

Deer

A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

Deernoun

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

Deer

Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer, the mule deer, and the moose.

Moosenoun

(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

Moosenoun

(informal) An ugly person.

Moosenoun

A stew.

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.