elk
/ɛlk
/noun (plural same or elks)
1British Another term for moose.It had yielded both mule deer and elk for us in the past....
- After I swapped for it, I took six mule deer and an elk before moving up to more ‘modern’ guns.
- Prion diseases occur in sheep, goats, mink, mule deer, elk, cats and cows.
2North American another term for wapiti.
Origin
Late 15th century: probably from Old English elh, eolh, with substitution of k for h.
Rhymes
- ASBO
- (as) bold as brass
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) brown as a berry
- index futures
- indexible
- indexical
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum
- index-linked
- index-linking
- index number
- index patient
- India
- India cabinet
- India Docks
- India fashion
- India House
- India ink
- India lake
- indialite
- Indiaman
- India merchant
- Indian
- Indiana
- Indian agency