Elk
[elk] or [ɛlk]
Definition
(noun.) large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America.
Checker: Mae--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.
(n.) Alt. of Elke
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Moose, moose-deer (Cervus alces or Alces molchis).
Typist: Merritt
Definition
n. the largest species of deer found in the north of Europe and in North America.—Irish elk a giant deer now extinct known from the remains found in the Pleistocene diluvium esp. of Ireland.
Editor: Nita
Examples
- He'll probably leave tracks like an old bull elk spooking out of the country and work way up and then when the snow melts circle back below. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- American game of all kinds are kept here, from buffalo, elk, and moose to the smaller and more timid varieties, and there has been a rapid increase. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sherman would have been here before this but for high water in Elk River driving him some thirty miles up that river to cross. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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