large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
source: WordNet 3.0
A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoölogists is considered the same species. See Elk.
