American English pronunciation

How to pronounce elk

IPA transcription: ['ɛlk]

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Noun

  • large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America

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

  • common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

Usage examples

  • Popper was one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selk'nam people.
  • Selkirk is also the site of a Canadian Coast Guard base.
  • Though Black Elk was Oglala Lakota, the book was written by Neihardt, a non-Native.
  • Drunken elks are very dangerous, be aware.
  • The selkies are humans who have returned to the sea.
  • Nearby places include Saint Francis, Oak Grove, Andover, Ramsey, and Elk River.
  • Elk Grove has many other national and state award-winning schools and instructors.
  • The village was named for nearby Elk Mound.
  • Van Belkom graduated from York University with an honors degree in creative writing.
  • The shell of most knobbed whelks is dextral, meaning that it is right-handed.