2006-10-15 14:49:35 · 7 answers · asked by hurloonman 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I was not able to find a word for moose, but 'tarandrus' is reindeer, 'alces' is elk, and 'cervus' is stag. Someone told you mus, but that is a mouse or rat.
Apparently Julius Caesar named the moose alces, which sounds like elk in English. See the website below for the reason behind the different names. People are giving you the scientific name for moose, which is alces alces, but a single moose in Latin would just be called alces.
2006-10-15 19:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Transatlantic disconnect.
What Europeans have historically called an elk is Alces alces. This is the same animal North Americans call a moose.
Americans usually call the wapiti, Cervus canadensis, an elk.
The Latin word for elk is "alces".
Someone mention tarandus. Rangifer tarandus is, domestically and in Europe, the reindeer. In the wild, and in North America, it's the caribou.
2006-10-16 11:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The latin term for Moose is Alces alces.
2006-10-16 00:32:24 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
moose-a-mus
2006-10-15 21:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
mus muris
2006-10-15 21:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by Lori 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
vamanose
2006-10-15 21:52:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
oose-may..........pig latin
2006-10-15 21:52:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋