Elk Definition

ĕlk
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noun
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Webster's New World
A large reddish-brown or grayish deer (Cervus canadensis) of western North America, having long, branching antlers in the male. The elk is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related red deer.
American Heritage
The moose.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A light, flexible leather of cowhide or calfskin.
Webster's New World
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elk
Plural:
elks

Origin of Elk

  • From Middle English *elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Sanskrit ऋष्य (ṛśya, “antelope”), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A/B yäl/ylem ‘gazelle’, Lithuanian élnis ‘stag’, Armenian եղնիկ (ełnik) ‘doe, hind’).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English the European elk or moose (Alces alces) probably alteration of Old English eolh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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