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ALCES ALCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alces alces" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("Alces alces" is a member of...):
Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)
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