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by ctmnt
1119 days ago
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> The word "elk" in English just means a moose: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk#Naming_and_etymology > In North America there is an animal which is not a moose, but which are "for their unusual largeness improperly termed Elks by ignorant people"! I'd say at this point in time the word "elk" in English means elk, not moose, at least in North American English. The article you linked to is in fact an article about the North American species of animal called elk, or Cervus canadensis. The quotation you cite is from 1672. |
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