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
- place-hunter
- place-hunting
- place kick
- place-kicker
- placeless
- placeman
- placemanship
- place mat
- placement
- placement agency
- placement drill
- placement-drilled
- place money
- place name
- place-namer
- place-naming
- placeness
- placenta
- placental
- placental abruption
- Placentalia
- placentalian
- placentally
- placenta praevia
- placenta previa