HyperDic: cervus_elaphus_canadensis

English > 1 sense of the expression Cervus elaphus canadensis:
NOUNanimalCervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, elk, American elklarge North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
English > Cervus elaphus canadensis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male.
Synonymswapiti, elk, American elk
Member ofCervus, genus CervusThe type genus of the Cervidae
Broaderdeer, cerviddistinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Spanishcervus canadensis, uapití, wapití
Catalanuapití

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