CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cervus elaphus canadensis mean? 

• CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS (noun)
  The noun CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS has 1 sense:

1. large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

  Familiarity information: CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; elk; wapiti

Hypernyms ("Cervus elaphus canadensis" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("Cervus elaphus canadensis" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)