EUROPEAN ELK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European elk mean? 

• EUROPEAN ELK (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN ELK 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: EUROPEAN ELK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUROPEAN ELK (noun)

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Meaning:

Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alces alces; elk; European elk; moose

Hypernyms ("European elk" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("European elk" is a member of...):

Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)