American elk

American  

noun

1. elk.

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Etymology

Origin of American elk

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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American elk

The Wapiti.—Next in size to the moose, and in many ways the grandest of the deer tribe not only of America, but of the world, is the wapiti or American elk.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

The deer's flesh was sweet and tender, with a flavor like that of the American elk.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox

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

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

The Indian sambar deer looks like a short-legged big-bodied understudy of our American elk.

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

—The story of the progressive extermination of the American elk, or wapiti, covers practically the same territory as the tragedy of the American bison—one-third of the mainland of North America.

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

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