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单词 wapiti
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wap•i•ti /ˈwɑpɪti/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -tis, -ti. 
  1. Mammals elk (def. 1).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wap•i•ti  (wopi tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tis, (esp. collectively) -ti. 
  1. elk (def. 2).
  • Shawnee wa·piti literally, white rump (equivalent. to Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- white + *-etwiy- rump); introduced as an English word by U.south, southern. physician and naturalist Benjamin south, southern. Barton
  • 1806, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wapiti /ˈwɒpɪtɪ/ n ( pl -tis)
  1. a large deer, Cervus canadensis, with large much-branched antlers, native to North America and now also common in the South Island of New Zealand
    Also called: American elk
Etymology: 19th Century: from Shawnee, literally: white deer, from wap (unattested) white; from the animal's white tail and rump
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