cervus elaphus canadensis

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   large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

   SynonymswapitielkAmerican elk

   Broaderdeer

   Part ofCervus

Questions about cervus elaphus canadensis

What does cervus elaphus canadensis mean?

cervus elaphus canadensis means "large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male".

What is another word for cervus elaphus canadensis?

Close synonyms include wapiti, elk, American elk. 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 cervus elaphus canadensis a common word?

cervus elaphus canadensis 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.