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Irish elk

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Irish elk
n.
A large extinct European deer of the genus Megaceros of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, having very large palmate antlers.
Irish elk
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) an extinct Eurasian giant deer of the Pleistocene genus Megaloceros, which had antlers up to 4 metres across
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Moose are the largest deer species in the world, once matched in magnitude only by the now-extinct Irish elk, which looked more like a giant fallow deer rather than either an elk or a moose.
Those moose are multiplying by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN THE Giant Irish Elk is on a list of the top 10 extinct beasts that could be brought back to life through DNA technology.
IRISH ELK RETURN; SCIENCE by The Mirror (London, England)
44 The extinct Irish elk Megaloceros had antlers up to 19 feet wide from tip to tip - true or false?
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