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ALCES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alces mean?
• ALCES (noun)
The noun ALCES has 1 sense:
1. elk or moose
Familiarity information: ALCES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elk or moose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alces; genus Alces
Hypernyms ("Alces" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Alces"):
Alces alces; elk; moose (large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called 'elk' in Europe and 'moose' in North America)
Holonyms ("Alces" is a member of...):
Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)
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