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mooselings

mooselings is the plural of mooseling.

Meaning of mooseling

Noun

mooseling (plural mooselings)

  1. (rare) A small, young, or baby moose.
    • 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.1915, Ruth Kedzie Wood, The Tourist's Maritime Provinces, Dodd, Mead, p. 42 (Google snippet view)
    Synonyms:
    calf

Questions about mooselings

What is mooselings the plural of?
Mooselings is the plural of mooseling.

Words near mooselings in the dictionary

  1. mooseless
  2. mooselike
  3. mooselimb
  4. mooselimbs
  5. mooseling
  6. mooselings
  7. mooses
  8. mooseskin
  9. mooseskins
  10. moosette
  11. moosettes

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