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Definition of American elk
1. Noun. Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male.
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Cervus, Genus Cervus
2. Noun. Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia.
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Cervus, Genus Cervus
Specialized synonyms: Hart, Stag, Hind, Brocket
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Elk
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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