Moose vs. Elk

Moosenoun

(US) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

Moosenoun

(informal) An ugly person.

Moosenoun

A stew.

Moosenoun

A large cervine mammal (Alces alces syn. Alces machlis, syn Alces Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many Zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.

Moosenoun

A member of the Progressive Party; a Bull Moose.

Moosenoun

A member of the fraternal organization named Loyal Order of Moose.

Moosenoun

large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America

Moose

The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (Alces alces), is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate () antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic () configuration.

Elknoun

(originally) Any large species of deer such as red deer, moose or wapiti.

Elknoun

The subspecies of the moose (Alces alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk because the wapiti is also called elk) that occurs only in Europe and Asia (not to be confused with the species called moose {Alces alces} which encompasses all subspecies of the moose).

Elknoun

(British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.

Elknoun

(North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose.

Elknoun

A large deer, of several species. The European elk Alces alces (formerly Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis) the largest member of the deer family, has large, spreading antlers and is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.

Elknoun

The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

Elk

a member of the fraternal organization named Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, supporting various services to their communities.

Elknoun

large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America

Elk

The elk (Cervus canadensis), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in North America, as well as Central and East Asia. It is often confused with the larger Alces alces, which is called moose in North America, but called elk in British English, and related names in other European languages (German Elch, Swedish älg, French élan).