GENUS ALCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alces mean? 

• GENUS ALCES (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALCES has 1 sense:

1. elk or moose

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elk or moose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alces; genus Alces

Hypernyms ("genus Alces" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Alces" is a member of...):

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)