wapiti
Americannoun
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wapitis,
plural
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wapiti
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of wapiti
An Americanism dating back to 1805–10; from Shawnee wa·piti literally, “white rump” (equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian wa·p- “white” + unattested -etwiy- “rump”); introduced as an English word by U.S. physician and naturalist Benjamin S. Barton ( 1766–1815 )
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The EVA team found some of the ancient DNA came from wapiti, the species of elk whose tooth was used to make it.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2023
When the wapiti were spread out it necessitated a daily snowmobile ride to each site, and feeding often entailed a long day’s work.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2017
Authorities say a witness saw the men shoot at the wapiti and then make no attempt to investigate the outcome of the gunfire or dress the animals.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2015
The Butler, Ky., girl won a limited-entry tag to hunt a bull elk among her home state's budding wapiti population.
From Time Magazine Archive
In America the elk is known as the moose, and the former name is transferred to the wapiti deer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Yes, madam,” added Hobson, who had carefully examined the wapitis after the hunter’s remark; “and whether at our hands or from the teeth of wolves, those wapitis will meet death where they now stand.”
From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by N. D'Anvers
There are wapitis, which are big stag with thundering great horns, and there are big-horns.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Mrs Barnett and Lieutenant Hobson had been chatting together for some minutes, when, with the exception of two, the wapitis suddenly ceased fighting.
From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by N. D'Anvers
“Have these wapitis a commercial value?” asked Mrs Paulina Barnett.
From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by N. D'Anvers
His home was in the grand old woods, with wapitis, wolves and bears.
From The Fairy School of Castle Frank by Grant Balfour
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