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Alces alces
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul la alces elk, moose.
Proper noun
1 f Alces Alces alces mul
species family Cervidae a large, northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in a male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America (unless North American members of genus Alces genus are treated as a separate species Alces americanus species)
Hypernyms
species Artiodactyla order order; Cervidae family family; Capreolinae subfamily or Odocoileinae subfamily subfamily; Alces genus genus
Hyponyms
species Alces alces alces subspecies, Alces alces caucasicus subspecies subspecies14200208
Coordinate terms
species Alces americanus species species
Translations
Alces alces elk
Alces americanus moose
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