Meaning of ghost moose | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A moose that has lost 80% or more of its fur from excessive grooming or rubbing due to parasites (particularly ticks), revealing pale skin underneath.
2. Synonym of spirit moose (“a white moose”).
   Canada

Examples

“Bill has made a movie of the so-called “ghost” moose that suffer from this condition. They are white and ghostly because the only hairs left over large parts of their bodies are the white remnant stubs of the original, long black and dark-brown coat.”

“Figure 1. Sequence of premature loss of winter hair on moose infested with Dermacentor albipictus. A No loss. B slight loss; approximately 5 to 20% of winter hair lost or broken at or near skin level…E Ghost moose; over 80% lost or damaged.”

“He is all white lak de moon on de watair. He come not often, oh, ver' seldom." "What !" cried I, "is he a ghost moose?" "Yaas, jes' so — a ghost moose."”

“In camp that evening the discussion turned to strategy for the campaign against the ghost moose. He was given to hanging out near the mouth of a sluggish stream which drained a big swamp far back in the spruce.”

“Its massive head, shaggy and white, fell out of an old '78 Ford pickup, as my friends and I sat on our ten-speed bikes listening to the three Americans drinking Coca-Colas outside Sam's Place joke about how they shot the ghost moose coming out of a swamp south of Pickle Lake.”

“"A rare ghost moose."”

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