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n. A large light brown or grayish-brown North American deer (Cervus canadensis) having long, branching antlers. Also called American elk, elk.

n. The American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis or Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

n. The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

n. The North American stag or elk, Cervus canadensis, which is the North American representative of the stag or red deer of Europe, and resembles the latter, though it is much larger and of a stronger make, being one of the largest living representatives of the family Cervidæ.

n. common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

n. large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

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