mooseling

noun

1. (rare)A small, young, or baby moose.

   “Gently, with a hand on its furry neck, the three- or four-day-old mooseling was towed back to the shore where the distraught mother was thrashing and stomping among the trees.”

   “[M]oose and man are alike as caring parents, and the beast's tragedy, which the man has caused, smites the man's conscience and strengthens his resolve to be a good parent to mooseling as well as child.”

   “[O]ur only visitor on the whole trip was a big moose and her mooseling, more interested in nibbling the brush than bothering us.”