elk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: elk	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for elk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elk n large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America Synonym(s): elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male Synonym(s): wapiti, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis common deer of temperate Europe and Asia Synonym(s): red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whistling \Whis"tling\, a. & n. from {Whistle}, v. {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}. {Whistling coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American black scoter. {Whistling Dick}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. {Whistling eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian eagle ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk}, and {little swamp eagle}. {Whistling plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. {Whistling snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the American woodcock. {Whistling swan}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan}, and {elk}. (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}. {Whistling teal} (Zo[94]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna awsuree} of India. {Whistling thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [So called from its note.] The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); -- called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk, CA Zip code(s): 95432 Elk, WA Zip code(s): 99009
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Elk {Extension Language Kit}