elk

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.]

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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.

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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