|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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]
|
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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
|
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
|
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
elk \elk\, elke \elke\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).
[1913 Webster]
|
5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
|
6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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
|
7. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
ELK
Extension Language Kit (Scheme)
|
8. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
Extension Language Kit
Elk
(Elk) A Scheme interpreter by Oliver Laumann
and Carsten Bormann
of the Technical University of
Berlin. Elk was designed to be used as a general extension
language. New types and primitive procedures can easily
be added. It has first-class environments, dynamic-wind,
fluid-let, macros, autoloading and a dump. It
provides interfaces to Xlib, Xt and various widget sets;
dynamic loading of extensions and object files; almost all
artificial limitations removed; generational/incremental
garbage collector; Unix system call extensions; Records
(structures) and bit strings.
Version: 2.2 is mostly R3RS compatible and runs on Unix,
Ultrix, VAX, Sun-3, Sun-4, 68000, i386, MIPS, IBM
PC RT, RS/6000, HP700, SGI, Sony, MS-DOS
(gcc+DJGPP or go32).
<Germany>.
<US>. <US>.
(1994-12-15)
|
9. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) |
Elk -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 3261
Housing Units (2000): 1860
Land area (2000): 647.293474 sq. miles (1676.482330 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.071416 sq. miles (7.954931 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 650.364890 sq. miles (1684.437261 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.425671 N, 96.238982 W
Headwords:
Elk
Elk, KS
Elk County
Elk County, KS
|
10. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) |
Elk -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 35112
Housing Units (2000): 18115
Land area (2000): 828.651934 sq. miles (2146.198565 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.578653 sq. miles (9.268669 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 832.230587 sq. miles (2155.467234 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.422346 N, 78.655412 W
Headwords:
Elk
Elk, PA
Elk County
Elk County, PA
|
|
|
Thesaurus Results for elk:
|
1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, springbok, stag, wildebeest |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Misspellings > |
elk lelk lek elek lk eelk ekl elkl ek ellk eklk el elkk 3lk e3lk 3elk #lk e#lk #elk 4lk e4lk 4elk wlk ewlk welk rlk erlk relk slk eslk selk dlk edlk delk flk eflk felk alk ilk olk ulk eik elik eilk eok elok eolk epk elpk eplk ekk elkk eklk e,k el,k e,lk e.k el.k e.lk elu elku eluk eli elki elik elo elko elok elj elkj eljk ell elkl ellk elm elkm elmk el, elk, el,k el. elk. el.k Definition commonly spelled as: Defanition or Defenition, Synonym as: Synonim, Sinonym or Sinonim, Thesaurus as: Thesorus or Thesauris, Dictionary as: Dictionery or Dictionry and Define is usually not misspelled. What does mispell meen? It Meens...
Full Map Index: Å Norway-Am Timan Chad |
Ama United States of America-Audon France |
Audouville-la-Hubert France-Baskil Turkey |
Baskin United States of America-Bindoy Philippines |
Bindoy Philippines-Breuilpont France |
Breukelen Netherlands-Campofelice di Fitalia Italy |
Campofelice di Roccella Italy-Champigny France |
Champigny-en-Beauce France-Colle San Magno Italy |
Colle Sannita Italy-Damulog Philippines |
Damurhuda Bangladesh-Duliāgaon India |
Duliajan No.1 India-Ethridge United States of America |
Étienville France-Frignano Italy |
Frignicourt France-Gouhenans France |
Gouillons France-Hasselbach Germany |
Hasselbach Germany-Hurlock United States of America |
Huron United States of America-Jovellanos Cuba |
Jovellar Philippines-Kirchzell Germany |
Kircubbin United Kingdom-La Gomera Guatemala |
La Gonfrière France-Le Hohwald France |
Le Hommet-dArthenay France-Loma de Gato Philippines |
Loma de Juárez Mexico-Mālpur India |
Mālpura India-Memphis United States of America |
Memphis United States of America-Montería Colombia |
Monteriggioni Italy-Navalilla Spain |
Navalmanzano Spain-Noyelles-lès-Seclin France |
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles France-Pachelma Russia |
Pachgaon India-Piégut-Pluviers France |
Piekary Śląskie Poland-Prilep Macedonia |
Přílepy Czech Republic-Reuil-en-Brie France |
Reuilly France-Şag Romania |
Şag Romania-Saint-Puy France |
Saint-Python France-Santa Rita Panama |
Santa Rita Venezuela-Sewarhi India |
Sewen France-Sparbu Norway |
Spardorf Germany-Tamparan Philippines |
Tampayan Philippines-Tottington United Kingdom |
Tottleben Germany-Valdivia Chile |
Valdivia Colombia-Villeneuve-le-Roi France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France-White City United States of America |
White City Canada-Żywiec Poland |
|
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.
|
©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy |
|