From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zool.) [So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); --
called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}. Hoopoe
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whistling \Whis"tling\,
a. & n. from {Whistle}, v.
[1913 Webster]
{Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}.
{Whistling coot} (Zool.), the American black scoter.
{Whistling Dick}. (Zool.)
(a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}).
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
{Whistling duck}. (Zool.)
(a) The golden-eye.
(b) A tree duck.
{Whistling eagle} (Zool.), a small Australian eagle
({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk},
and {little swamp eagle}.
{Whistling plover}. (Zool.)
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
{Whistling snipe} (Zool.), the American woodcock.
{Whistling swan}. (Zool.)
(a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan},
and {elk}.
(b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}.
{Whistling teal} (Zool.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna
awsuree} of India.
{Whistling thrush}. (Zool.)
(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.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
elk \elk\, elke \elke\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Elk \Elk\ ([e^]lk), prop. n.
a member of the fraternal organization named Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, supporting various services to
their communities.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
elk \elk\ ([e^]lk), n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh,
OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large deer, of several species. The European elk {Alces
alces} (formerly {Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is
closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or
wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}) the largest member of the deer
family, has large, spreading antlers and is closely related
to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{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["o]l.), the eland. elk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elk
n 1: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the
male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
[syn: {elk}, {European elk}, {moose}, {Alces alces}]
2: large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in
the male [syn: {wapiti}, {elk}, {American elk}, {Cervus
elaphus canadensis}]
3: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: {red deer},
{elk}, {American elk}, {wapiti}, {Cervus elaphus}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
ELK
Extension Language Kit (Scheme)
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
elk /ɛlk/
each; every
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