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European elk   /jˌʊrəpˈiən ɛlk/   Listen
European elk

noun
1.
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America.  Synonyms: Alces alces, elk, moose.






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"European elk" Quotes from Famous Books



... short, thick neck, the hair thick and brittle. The throat is somewhat maned in both sexes. So large is the cavity of the nose, that a man may thrust his arm right into it. The inter-maxillaries are very long, and the nasals short. 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. Under the throat the males have a fleshy appendage termed the bell, from which grow long black hairs. The bristles on his thick muzzle are of a lighter ...
— The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston



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