Is it moose or mousse?

The plural form is moose, not mooses or meese. The word moose is derived from the Algonquian language, probably from the Eastern Abnaki word, mos. A mousse is a culinary dish that is whipped with egg white and cream, making it light and smooth. Mousse may be sweet or savory, served as a side dish, main dish or dessert.
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How do you spell moose the dessert?

mousse
  1. : a light spongy food usually containing cream or gelatin.
  2. : a molded chilled dessert made with sweetened and flavored whipped cream or egg whites and gelatin. chocolate mousse.
  3. : a foamy preparation used in styling hair.
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How do you spell moose like in chocolate mousse?

Mousse is pronounced “moose.” Although obviously it is in no way associated with the animal. The French, lovers of culinary wonder, were first to discover mousse. It is actually a French word meaning “froth” or “foam.” “Mousse au chocolat” is French for chocolate mousse.
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How do you spell eating moose?

The only correct plural of moose is moose. Sometimes, people add an s to moose, but that is incorrect. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language.
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How do you spell moose as in the animal?

moose, (Alces alces), largest member of the deer family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla).
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Is it pronounced moose or Meese?

Despite what a certain honking bird whose singular form rhymes with that of "moose" might suggest, the plural of "moose" is not "meese." It's just "moose." One moose, three moose, a herd of moose.
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Is Meese a moose?

Meese? Despite what a certain honking bird whose singular form rhymes with that of “moose” might suggest, the plural of “moose” is not “meese.” It's just “moose.” One moose, three moose, a herd of moose.
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What do Native Americans call moose?

Moose comes from the New England Algonquian word for that animal: moòs. Algonquian describes a family of about three dozen languages spoken by American Indian tribes, like Arapaho and Cree.
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What is a herd of moose called?

A group of moose is called a herd.
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What is meat from a moose called?

In current usage, the term venison is used to describe the meat of a deer or antelope. Venison comes from animals such as our native whitetail deer, reindeer, moose, elk, and several non-native animals such as red deer, axis deer, fallow deer, sika deer, blackbuck antelope, and nilgai antelope.
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Why is chocolate mouse called mousse?

The word Mousse comes from the French word for foam or froth. Hence, Mousse often has a fluffy or foamy texture, like whipped cream or beaten egg whites. The first mousse recipes were created in the late 18th century in France.
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What is moose on the loose ice cream?

It's one of the most popular ice cream flavors in the country so you know we had to make it in peanut butter form! Moose On The Loose is full of sweet white chocolate Nerdy Nuts peanut butter, layers of Ghirardelli chocolate and topped with mini peanut butter cup morsels!
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What is the alternative word for moose?

In other parts of the world, moose are called "elk," but in North America the word comes from the Abenaki moz, whose root means "he strips off," as moose feed on bark stripped from trees.
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Why is it called moose and not Meese?

Have you ever noticed that the plural of goose is geese, but the plural of moose is moose and thought, “Why isn't it meese”?” Because goose and moose entered the English language at different times and were taken from different languages, they ended up with different plural forms – geese and moose.
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Why is the dessert called mousse?

Mousse originated in the 18th century in France, where the word mousse translates as “foam,” describing the airy texture of mousse.
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What is moose in cake?

A mousse (/ˈmuːs/; French: [mus]; "foam") is a soft prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. Depending on preparation techniques, it can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick.
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What is a herd of zebras called?

A group of zebras can be called a dazzle. Some zoologists think zebras use their stripes as camouflage when they're together in a big group to confuse predators - by making it harder to pick out individual zebras. Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal.
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What is a family of elephants called?

The family group is called a herd. A herd is made of all the mother elephants and their babies. There might be six to 12 members in a family. Female elephants stay in the herd forever. Male elephants leave between the ages of 7 and 12. They live alone or in small herds of males.
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What do Native Americans call dogs?

Sunka (SHOON-kuh), they called them — Lakota for "dog."
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What is the most politically correct term for Native American?

In the United States, Native American has been widely used but is falling out of favor with some groups, and the terms American Indian or Indigenous American are preferred by many Native people.
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What is a Native American girl called?

In most colonial texts squaw was used as a general word for Indigenous women.
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What is plural of octopus?

Octopuses ✅

“Octopuses” gives the word an English ending to match its adoption as an English word. Generally, when a noun enters into English, it is pluralized as an English word rather than in its original form. Octopuses may sound peculiar to some, but this is the preferred plural.
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What's the plural of platypus?

However, given that “platypodes” has for some unfathomable reason never become popular, the dictionary goes on to say that the accepted plural is “platypuses” or (particularly in scientific and conservation contexts) “platypus”.
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What is the plural of elk?

elk (plural elk or elks) Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes). Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
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