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Image:Cervus canadensis2006.jpg|thumb|elk (Cervus canadensis)

Etymology
Middle English elk < Old English eolc < Old Norse elgr or Middle High German elch, both < Proto-Germanic *elkh- < Proto-Indo-European *ol-/*el- (red, brown).

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-elk.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. US|Canada 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. UK The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|Cervus candensis wapiti
italbrac-colon|Alces alces moose

Translations
trans-top|wapiti - Cervus candensis
See: wapiti
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trans-top|moose - Alces alces
Arabic: ARchar|��ظ unicode|(al-mu:�) m
Catalan: ant#Catalan|ant m
Cherokee: ��� (awie)
Chinese: �鹿 (mílù)
Czech: los m
Dutch: eland m, Europese eland m
Esperanto: alko
Estonian: põder
Finnish: hirvi
French: élan m, élan d'Europe m, orignal m (Canada-Quebec)
German: Elch m, Europäischer Elch m
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Greek: άλκη (alki) f, ελά�ι (elafi) n
Interlingua: alce
Latin: alces f
Northern Sami: ealga
Norwegian: elg m
Polish: �o� m
Russian: ло�� (los�) m
Slovene: los m
Spanish: alce
Swedish: älg c
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Category:Mammals

Dutch

Pronoun
elk (other form: elke)

1. each
2. each one

#: Melk is goed voor elk.

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