American elk

American  

noun

1. elk.

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Etymology

Origin of American elk

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Example Sentences

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American elk

These we knew to be elk—the great American elk.

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

The American elk, though called the moose, is identical with the same animal found in Asia and Europe; so is the reindeer, known here as the cariboo.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It is called in different districts, or by different authors, elk, round-horned elk, American elk, stag, red deer, grey moose, le biche, wapiti, and wewaskish.

From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William

—Right at our very door, under our very noses and as it were only yesterday, a well-defined species of American elk has been totally exterminated.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

Outside the Yellowstone Park and northwestern Wyoming, the American elk exists only in small bands—mere remnants and samples of the millions we could and should have.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple