Definition of American elk

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

Exact synonyms: Cervus Elaphus Canadensis, Elk, Wapiti
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Cervus, Genus Cervus

2. Noun. Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia.
Exact synonyms: Cervus Elaphus, Elk, Red Deer, Wapiti
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Cervus, Genus Cervus
Specialized synonyms: Hart, Stag, Hind, Brocket

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Elk

American crayfish
American creeper
American cress
American crow
American dewberry
American dog tick
American dog violet
American dogwood
American dun-bar
American dun-bars
American dwarf birch
American eagle
American eagles
American egret
American elder
American elk (current term)
American elm
American featherfoil
American feverfew
American flag
American flagfish
American fly honeysuckle
American flying squirrel
American football
American football game
American foxhound
American frogbit
American gallinule
American gentian
American germander

Literary usage of American elk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... the moose, the wapiti or American elk, the two species of reindeer, woodland and barren-ground, the common or Virginian deer, the mule deer (commonly ..."

2. American Natural History by John Davidson Godman (1836)
"The American elk: ... [Commonly called Stag, Red Deer, Gray Moose, Le Biche, Wapiti, American elk, Round horn Elk, Elk, iJ-c.] The stately and beautiful ..."

3. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"The story of the progressive extermination of the American elk, or wapiti, covers practically the same territory as the tragedy of the American ..."

4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"... absolute identity of the moose and the caribou of the two continents, and of the very close relationship between the American elk and the European stag. ..."

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