elk
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- noun
- /ɛlk/
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wapití
- The male elk displayed its impressive antlers during the mating season.
- elk browsing on aspen
- elk browsing
- elk population
And then you have beef, bison, elk, let's call it red meat, lamb.
- And then you have beef, bison, elk, let's call it red meat, lamb.
- Oh, no, I was just testing it to make sure that the elk weren't poisoned.
- You find this massive elk that you end up killing, and it feeds you for weeks.
- And, and I look at Mel and Mel's got a, he has a, an elk hide fur on one side and it's flipped over.
- So is a human shooting an animal for food somehow more tragic or horrible than a lion attacking an elk?
- I was sore for two weeks, but I learned a lot and didn't get injured And and yes, we ate bow haunted elk after nice.
- So there just are unique nutrients found in animal foods, whether that's fish or chicken or beef or pork or lamb or elk that you haunted.
Examples
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Seventeen instances of brucellosis transmission from elk to livestock were reported during the last decade.
Academic text (2013) -
The figure is centered and surrounded by elk with their heads turned toward her.
Academic text (2000) -
"I thought it was a big fat elk, walking right up to my door."
Fiction book (2001) -
One boy reported that he had watched the elk for over an hour without getting tired of it.
Academic text (1994) -
Well, Sam, they say the elk in Montana are as big as buffalo this year.
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Grew up wrestling bears and hunting elk on his family estate.
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There had been no deer or elk tracks, none fresh, and no sign of buffalo.
Fiction book (1994) -
In 1912, the National Elk Refuge was established, and winter elk feeding began in the winter of 1912-1913.
Academic text (2002) -
Above the mirror, a majestic-antlered elk stared out at the room through brown marble eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
But I've had to increase my red meat to because I'm anemic and and so on Thanksgiving we had elk steak.
Synonyms
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A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields
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A large North American deer with big antlers and a light patch on its rear
A large North American deer whose male has big branching antlers
A large North American deer whose males have big branched antlers
Compounds
- Specialized
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A set of software tools used to collect, store, search, and show computer logs
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Etymology
Elk was brought to North America by people from Europe and the old name was used for a different large local deer, so the word moved to a new animal. That's why in North America an elk means the large brown deer with branching antlers rather than the 'moose'.