> As it happens, 'moose' is an Abenaki word (which 'red-tailed hawk'
> presumably isn't). Quite why they chose to use that instead of the
> perfectly good English word 'elk' - or, for that matter, why they
> chose to call a completely new animal an 'elk' is another question...
I stand corrected (twice) on Moose.
RR
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