alces alces

Questions about alces alces

What is another word for alces alces?

It depends which alces alces you mean. In the sense “large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America”, the synonyms are elk, moose. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of alces alces?

WordNet records no antonym for alces alces. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for alces alces come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for alces alcesAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for alces alcesWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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