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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting..
The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.
Use mouffle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mouffle means (Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.
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