WAPITI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wapiti mean? 

• WAPITI (noun)
  The noun WAPITI 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: WAPITI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAPITI (noun)

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 ("wapiti" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("wapiti" 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 ("wapiti" 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 "wapiti"):

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 ("wapiti" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)