From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishelkelk /elk/ noun (plural elk) [countable] 1 HBA British English a very large brown North American, European, and Asian animal with wide flat horns SYN moose American English2 American English a large North American deer
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elk• She is here carved riding in a car drawn by elks.• I will try to smell like an elk.• With few bears and wolves about these days, elk rule their forest habitat.• Many Nez Perce warriors carried a sacred war-club like this, with a stone head encased in elk rawhide.• Equality in access to Montana elk is not basic to the maintenance or well-being of the Union.• Background: Montana, our fourth largest state but with a sparse population, is home to large herds of elk.• Look, here are some elk and here's the camp, the hunting camp with tipis.• There was also the elk head.ElkElk /elk/ noun 1 → the Elks2 [countable] a member of this organizationOrigin elk Old English eolh 