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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 813 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOOSE , the See also:

North See also:American See also:Indian (Algonquian) name of the North American representative of the See also:European See also:elk (q.v.). The word is said to mean " cropper " or " See also:trimmer," from the See also:animal's See also:habit of feeding on the branches of trees.

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