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ELK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

Synonyms:

American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elk"):

hart; stag (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)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

American elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; elk; wapiti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America

Synonyms:

Alces alces; elk; moose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)

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