Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elk"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Whistling \Whis"tling\,
a. & n. from {Whistle}, v.

{Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}.

{Whistling coot} (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter.

{Whistling Dick}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}).
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

{Whistling duck}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden-eye.
(b) A tree duck.

{Whistling eagle} (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle
({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk},
and {little swamp eagle}.

{Whistling plover}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.

{Whistling snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock.

{Whistling swan}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan},
and {elk}.
(b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}.


{Whistling teal} (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna
awsuree} of India.

{Whistling thrush}. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Elk \Elk\, 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
machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American
moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is
closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and
{Wapiti}.

{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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [So called from its note.]
The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); --
called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

elk
n : large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the
male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America
[syn: {European elk}, {moose}, {Alces alces}]


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