CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS

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Meaning:

Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

Synonyms:

American elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; elk; wapiti

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cervus elaphus canadensis" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("Cervus elaphus canadensis" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)

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