elk

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elk /elk/ noun (plural elk) [countable]  1. HBA British English a very large brown North American, European, and Asian animal with wide flat horns 驼鹿，麋鹿 SYN American English moose2. American English a large North American deer 美洲赤鹿

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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.nElk /elk/ noun  n1. the Elks an organization which does charity work, and with groups in many small towns and cities in the US. Its official name is the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.n2. [countable] a member of this organizationOrigin elk Old English eolh

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elk
elk /elk/ noun (plural elk) [countable]1. British English a very large brown North American, European, and Asian animal with wide flat horns
   SYN  moose American English
2. American English a large North American deer

Elk
Elk /elk/ noun
1. the Elks an organization which does charity work, and with groups in many small towns and cities in the US. Its official name is the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
2. [countable] a member of this organization

elkBrE /elk/ 🔊NAmE /elk/ 🔊 noun (

plural

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(BrE) a large deer that lives in the north of Europe, Asia and N America. In N America it is called a moose. 驼鹿，（生活于北欧、亚洲和北美洲，北美洲称 moose）

(NAmE) = wapiti Elk a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a US social organization that gives money to charity （美国）厄尔克思慈善互助会会员（捐款给慈善机构）