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    ALCES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Elk or mooseplay

    Synonyms:

    Alces; genus Alces

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Alces" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Alces"):

    Alces alces; elk; moose (large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America)

    Holonyms ("Alces" is a member of...):

    Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)

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