ALCES ALCES

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)

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