wapiti
noun
elk.
wapitis
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pluralof wapiti.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The wapitis were so engrossed in their desperate struggle that they were unconscious of the approach of the hunters; but they would probably not have ceased fighting, had they been aware of it.
From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by N. D'Anvers
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
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
His home was in the grand old woods, with wapitis, wolves and bears.
From The Fairy School of Castle Frank by Grant Balfour
