Mooseling

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small, young, or baby moose. rare

    "Gently, with a hand on its furry neck, the three- or four-day-old mooseling was towed back to the shore where the distraught mother was thrashing and stomping among the trees."

Example

More examples

"Gently, with a hand on its furry neck, the three- or four-day-old mooseling was towed back to the shore where the distraught mother was thrashing and stomping among the trees."

Etymology

From moose + -ling.

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