moose vs cervid

moose and cervid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
moose	Yes	No	No	No
cervid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cervid is a hypernym of moose; that is, cervid is a word with a broader meaning than moose:

moose: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
cervid: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

Other hypernyms of moose include deer.

moose (noun)	cervid (noun)
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America	distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers