elk
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- noun
- /ɛlk/
- UK
:
alce
- The Irish deer or elk, this is the largest deer to ever live.
- elk herd
- elk population
- elk winter
So you could think elk, deer, etcetera.
- So you could think elk, deer, etcetera.
- And that basically means take, you know, cow elk, deer.
- And I said, yeah, he goes, I'm delivering your elk meat.
- They use the elk's brains to tan the hide, which makes it softer and more supple.
- I've I've saw the heads off with elk of those things and and clean tons of of game with his his his blades.
Examples
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We've seen elk, just herds of them.
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There are elk out here, right?
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I mean, they just want to, you know, sit around, and, you know, eat elk.
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"Take him just behind the shoulder." "I know!" The elk was still looking at him.
Fiction book (1998) -
And this was just wild because we had seen elk as we came in and we had seen bison as we came in.
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The first time an Ojibway boy killed an elk, his village celebrated with a feast.
Fiction book (1998) -
Will, Jack, and I hunted deer, elk, and grouse together.
Fiction book (1990) -
Related diseases affect cattle, elk, deer, mink, cats, and humans.
Academic text (1998) -
And then she dipped this huge ladle into this barrel on the ground and gave us this huge bowl of elk soup.
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While hiking in the mountains, we spotted a group of majestic elk grazing peacefully in the meadow.
Synonyms
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A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields
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A large deer with wide flat antlers that lives in northern forests
A large northern deer with broad, flat antlers on males, called moose in North America and elk in Europe
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.1
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Elk comes from an old German word for the big, moose-like deer, and you can see the same root in German Elch and the scientific name Alces. So, in Europe and Asia an elk is the large deer with broad, flat antlers that people in North America call 'moose'.