Moosehood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a moose. uncountable

    "The mother looks over her shoulder, and the hiker could swear she gives the weaning calf a dirty look; the time has come for the young animal to enter moosehood, to stop living in two worlds, […]"

Example

More examples

"The mother looks over her shoulder, and the hiker could swear she gives the weaning calf a dirty look; the time has come for the young animal to enter moosehood, to stop living in two worlds, […]"

Etymology

From moose + -hood.

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