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ALCES ALCES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alces alces mean?
• ALCES ALCES (noun)
The noun ALCES ALCES has 1 sense:
1. large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America
Familiarity information: ALCES ALCES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Alces alces" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("Alces alces" is a member of...):
Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)
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