What does alces alces mean?

alces alces means "large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America".

What is another word for alces alces?

Close synonyms include elk, moose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alces alces a common word?

alces alces is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

alces alces — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
Synonymselk moose
Broaderdeer
Part ofAlces

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