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wapiti
[Algonk.: Cree; cf. wapitā it is white, (the animal name having reference to the white, i.e., light-colored, rump)]
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n.
the North American elk or stag, Cervus canadensis.
See: biche,Canadian stag,elk(def. 2),gray moose(def. 2),prairie elk,red deer(def. 2),waskesew,wewaskish
Quotations
1824
These animals, whose aboriginal name is that of Wapeti, are known to the settlers in North America by the name of elk.
1872
The wapiti, the king of the red deer tribe, inhabits the regions bordering on the Rocky Mountains; it is also found in British Columbia and on Vancouver's Island.
1958
The North American elk or wapiti is one of the most sociable of our antlered mammals. . . .