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AMERICAN ELK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American elk mean?
• AMERICAN ELK (noun)
The noun AMERICAN ELK has 2 senses:
1. large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
2. common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
Familiarity information: AMERICAN ELK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; elk; wapiti
Hypernyms ("American elk" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("American elk" is a member of...):
Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti
Hypernyms ("American elk" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American elk"):
hart; stag (a male deer, especially an adult male red deer)
hind (a female deer, especially an adult female red deer)
brocket (male red deer in its second year)
Holonyms ("American elk" is a member of...):
Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)
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