American English pronunciation
How to pronounce elk
IPA transcription: ['ɛlk]
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Noun
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large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
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large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
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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.