"mooseling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mooselings [plural]
Etymology: From moose + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moose|ling}} moose + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} mooseling (plural mooselings)
  1. (rare) A small, young, or baby moose. Tags: rare Categories (lifeform): Baby animals Synonyms: calf
    Sense id: en-mooseling-en-noun-MNZi4-H5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1915, Ruth Kedzie Wood, The Tourist's Maritime Provinces, Dodd, Mead, p. 42 (Google snippet view)",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Lawrence Buell, The Environmental Imagination, page 198",
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