elk
Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
Other meanings
Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.
Synonyms
- moose
A kind of
- deer
Word history
From Old English "eolc".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “elk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.