American elk

American  

noun

1. elk.

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Etymology

Origin of American elk

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Example Sentences

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 Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne

The American elk is not found indigenous in the eastern hemisphere, although he is the ornament of many a lordly park.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

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 Knox, Thomas Wallace

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

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 Russell, Israel C. (Cook)