elk (redirected from North American elk)

elk  (lk)

n. pl. elk or elks

1. See wapiti.

2. The moose.

3. A light, pliant leather of horsehide or calfskin, tanned and finished to resemble elk hide.

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[Middle English, probably alteration of Old English eolh.]

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elk [ɛlk]

n pl elks, elk

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large deer, Alces alces, of N Europe and Asia, having large flattened palmate antlers: also occurs in North America, where it is called a moose

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

American elk another name for wapiti

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) a stout pliable waterproof leather made from calfskin or horsehide

[Old English eolh; related to Old Norse elgr, Old High German elaho, Latin alcēs, Greek alkē, elaphos deer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elk - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America Alces alces, European elk, moose cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Alces, genus Alces - elk or moose
	2.	elk - large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae
	3.	elk - common deer of temperate Europe and Asia Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, American elk cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae stag, hart - 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

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elk noun

Related words
collective noun gang

Translations

elk [elk] N (elk or elks (pl)) (Zool) → alce m

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elk [ˈɛlk] [elk] (pl) n (= deer) → élan m

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elk

n → Elch m

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elk [ɛlk] n → alce m

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elk

n elk [elk]

1 the largest of all deer, found in the north of Europe and Asia. elk, Europese eland أيِّل كَبير лос los elg; elsdyr der Elch μεγάλο ελάφι alce põder نوعی آهوی بزرگ hirvi élan אַייָל यूरोप और एशिया में मिलने वाला सभी हिरणों में बड़ा sjeverni jelen jávorszarvas rusa elgur alce 大鹿 북유럽, 아시아산의큰 사슴 briedis alnis rusa eland elg łoś alce elan лось los los los älg กวางใหญ่ที่พบในยุโรปเหนือและเอเซีย elk, iri geyik 大麋鹿 лось شمالی یورپ اور ایشیا کا ایک بڑا ہرن nai sừng tấm 大麋鹿

2 a large North American deer. eland أيِّل كَبير شَمال أمْريكي лос los wapiti das nordamerikanische Elchtier άλκη (είδος ελαφιού) alce põder گوزن شمالی hirvi élan אַייָל एक प्रकार का बड़ा उत्तर अमेरिकी हिरण los jávorantilop rusa besar Amerika Utara wapiti, vapiti へらじか 말코손바닥사슴 vapitis [] alnis rusa besar Amerika Utara wapiti hjortedyr, wapiti północnoamerykańskie wapiti олень вапити los los los kanadahjort, nordamerikansk vapiti กวางชนิดใหญ่อาศัยในอเมริกาเหนือ elk, Kanada geyiği 北美麋鹿 олень-вапіті شمالی امریکا کا ایک بڑا ہرن loài nai lớn ở Bắc Mỹ 北美麋鹿