AMERICAN ELK

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American elk mean? 

• AMERICAN ELK (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN ELK has 1 sense:

1. large North American deer with large much-branched antlers

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN ELK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN ELK (noun)

Meaning:

Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American elk; Cervus canadensis; wapiti

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 (type genus of the Cervidae)