Elk

//ɛlk//

Synonyms for "elk" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

moose red deer wapiti animal antelope armadillo

Noun(5 words)

moose wapiti alce alces alces american elk

Strong matches (17)

bat buck camel camelopard cape elk caribou deer deerlet doe dromedary eland elephant fallow deer fawn gazelle

Noun(2 words)

cervus elaphus cervus elaphus canadensis

Related words (27)

giraffe gnu hare hart hartebeest hind hooper horse kaama kangaroo mammal mule deer musk deer okapi opossum pig platypus rat reindeer roe

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roe deer roebuck springbok stag virginia deer wildebeest

Noun(1 words)

red deer

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

cervid deer

Synonyms

3 entries

moose red deer wapiti

at location

2 entries

forest meadow

dbpedia genus

1 entries

cervus

derived

25 entries

Black Elk Cape elk Elk City Elk County Elk Grove Elk Lick Elk Mountains Elk Point Elk River Elkdom Elkhart Elkton Irish elk Nelson's elk Roosevelt elk West Elk Mountains

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form of

1 entries

elke

has a

1 entries

beautiful antlers

has context

2 entries

british north america

is a

3 entries

big animal deer mammal

related to

7 entries

alces alces cervus canadensis computer deer moose red deer wapiti

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I hunt elk in my leisure-time.

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That's only an elk.

Source: tatoeba (1098429)

What species of elk is it?

Source: tatoeba (1098478)

Is it an elk?

Source: tatoeba (1100714)

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