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ALCES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Elk or moose

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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