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  • 41elk — [ɛlk] noun (plural same or elks) a large northern deer with palmate antlers and a growth of skin hanging from the neck. Called moose in North America. [Alces alces.] ↘North American term for wapiti. Origin C15: prob. from OE elh, eolh, with… …

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  • 42los — lȍs m <N mn lȍsovi, G lòsōvā> DEFINICIJA zool. jelen (Alces alces) iz roda S jelena (Alces), lopatasta rogovlja, srodan sobu [divovski los; europski los] ETIMOLOGIJA rus. los ← prasl. *olsь ≃ stengl. eolh …

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  • 43elk — [[t]ɛlk[/t]] n. pl. elks, (esp. collectively)elk for1, 2. 1) mam Also called wapiti a large North American deer Cervus canadensis[/ex] 2) mam the moose Alces alces[/ex] 3) clo pliable leather made from elk hide or from skin, as cowhide, tanned to …

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  • 44Elch — Elch: Das Hirschtier mit schaufelförmigem Geweih trägt einen germ. Namen: mhd. elhe, elch, ahd. el‹a›ho, aengl. eolh, ähnl. schwed. älg. Auch die ältesten sprachlichen Zeugnisse, lat. alces und griech. álkē, sind germ. Lehnwörter. Außergerm.… …

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  • 45el-1, ol-, el- —     el 1, ol , el     English meaning: red, brown (in names of trees and animals)     Deutsche Übersetzung: Farbwurzel with der meaning “rot, braun”, bildet Tier and Baumnamen     Note: mostly i , u and n (also m ) stem, rare from the bare root,… …

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  • 46elk — [OE] The Indo European base *ol , *elproduced a number of names for deerlike animals – Greek élaphos ‘stag’, for example, and Welsh elain ‘hind’, not to mention English eland. In its Germanic descendants, two main lines of development are evident …

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  • 47elk — [elk] n. pl. elk or elks [ME, irreg. development (with k for ch) < OE eolh, akin to Ger elch, ON elgr < Gmc base * alchis < IE base * el , stag, hart > Welsh elain, doe, Lith élnis, Gr elaphos, deer] 1. MOOSE: the common term in… …

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  • 48elk — n. (pl. same or elks) 1 a large deer, Alces alces, of N. Europe and Asia, with palmate antlers and a growth of skin hanging from the neck; a moose. 2 US a wapiti. Phrases and idioms: elk hound a large Scandinavian hunting dog with a shaggy coat.… …

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