Definition of Alces

1. Noun. Elk or moose.

Exact synonyms: Genus Alces
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Alces Alces, Elk, European Elk, Moose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alces

Albulidae
Albuquerque
Alby
Albyn
Alca
Alca torda
Alcaeus
Alcaic
Alcaic verse
Alcatraz
Alcea
Alcea rosea
Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Alcelaphus
Alces (current term)
Alces alces
Alcibiades
Alcidae
Alcides
Alcman
Alcmene
Alcock's canal
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoran
Alcoranic
Alcoranist
Alcoranists
Alcorcón
Alcott

Literary usage of Alces

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

1. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"Type Alces mac hi is, Linn. Size, largest of all living deer; lateral metacarpals represented by the lower extremities; antlers possessed only by the male, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1886)
"(8) Cervus has a horizontal zygoma; in Alces it is directed downwards and forwards. ... (10) Alces has a short neck and trunk, long limbs and head; ..."

3. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"A left calcaneum, provisionally referred to this species ; from the Pleistocene of Big-Bone Lick, Kentucky, USA Mantell Collection. Purchased, 1836. Alces ..."

4. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"Identifying it as "an upper right hindermost milk molar," Hay (1923a:364) noted that "The tooth closely resembles the corresponding one of Alces americanas ..."

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