Elk

Noun

 * 1)  The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose.  Elk never have flat antlers (like moose do.)
 * 2)  The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.

Synonyms

 * wapiti
 * moose

Thesaurus
Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, springbok, stag, wildebeest

Etymology
dialect elk:, from eolc:, eolh:, from  (cf. Low German Elk:, German Elch:, Swedish älg:), from  (cf. Russian undefined:, Sanskrit undefined: ‘antelope’), variant of  (compare German Elen:, Tocharian A/B yäl:/ylem: ‘gazelle’, Lithuanian elnis: ‘stag’, Old Armenian եղն:).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ant
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏫᎡ (awie)
 * Chinese: 麋鹿 (mílù)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: eland, Europese eland
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: élan, élan d'Europe , orignal (Canada-Quebec)
 * German: Elch, europäischer Elch
 * Greek: άλκη
 * Interlingua: alce


 * Italian:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: alnis
 * Lithuanian: briedis
 * Macedonian: лос
 * Mongolian: хандгай
 * Northern Sami: ealga
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * lek, Lek

Determiner

 * 1) each
 * 2) every
 * Melk is goed voor elk.
 * Milk is good for everyone.

Anagrams

 * lek