European elk

American  

noun

1. the moose, Alces alces.

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Example Sentences

European elk were originally widespread in Britain but were hunted to extinction in the Neolithic era.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Please to let me hear if my female moose corresponds with that you saw; and whether you think still that the American moose and European elk are the same creature.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

He differs from the European elk only by having much darker hair,—the coat of the male, when in its prime, at the close of the summer, being completely black.

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

Moose, mōōs, n. the largest deer of America, resembling the European elk.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoölogists is considered the same species.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg