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AMERICAN 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 ("American 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 "American 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 ("American 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 ("American elk" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

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