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2024
Alces_alces
Alces alces
Translingual
Wikispecies
Proper noun
Alces
alces
f
A taxonomic
species
within the
family
Cervidae
– a large, northern
deer
with enormous flattened
antlers
in a male; called
elk
in Europe and
moose
in North America..
Hypernyms
(
species
)
:
Cervidae
- family;
Capreolinae
- subfamily;
Alces
- genus
Etymology
From
Latin
alces
(
“
elk, moose
”
)
.
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