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  (ĕlk) pronunciation
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.

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


 
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: elk

Any of several species of large deer in the genus Cervus, notably the red deer of Europe, the Kashmir stag, and the Himalayan shou, as well as the North American deer more correctly called wapiti. The creature called elk in Europe is a member of the species (Alces alces) known in North America as moose. The name is also applied to the extinct Irish elk.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: elk,
name applied to several large members of the deer family. It most properly designates the largest member of the family, Alces alces, found in the northern regions of Eurasia and North America. In North America this animal is called moose. The name elk is used in North America to designate a different animal, the wapiti, closely related to the red deer of Europe. The prehistoric Irish elk, Megaceros giganteus, is still another species, related to the fallow deer. It was found in Europe and W Asia in Pleistocene and early Holocene times and had an 11-ft (3.3-m) antler span, the largest of any deer. All animals called elk are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Cervidae.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: elk

A large deer; there are two species, the European elk (Alces alces) and the American moose (A. americana). The largest deer, 6 ft high at the withers and 2000 lb in weight, with a prominent Roman nose, an overhanging upper lip and a beard hanging from the lower jaw, brown body hair and white on the legs. The bulls have palmate antlers, the cows have no antlers.

  • e. lip — a blemish in a horse, a heavy, overhanging top lip.
 
Translations: Translations for: Elk

Dansk (Danish)
n. - elg, elsdyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
eland, soort leer, Elk (lid van bepaald weldadig broederschap)

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) élan, wapiti

Deutsch (German)
n. - Elch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) άλκη, ελάφι

Italiano (Italian)
alce

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alce (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
лось

Español (Spanish)
n. - alce, wapití

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - älg

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
麋鹿, 软鞣粗皮

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 麋鹿, 軟鞣粗皮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뿔이 큰 사슴의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ワピチ, ヘラジカ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أيل, ظبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איל גדול‬

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