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"taxonomic": "Taurotragus spp.",
"word": "Cape elk"
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"word": "Elk City"
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"word": "Elk Grove"
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"word": "Elk Mountains"
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"word": "Elk Point"
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"word": "Elk River"
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{
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"word": "elk test"
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{
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"word": "Elkton"
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"alt": "†Megaloceros giganteus",
"word": "giant elk"
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"alt": "†Megaloceros giganteus",
"word": "Irish elk"
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"taxonomic": "Cervus elaphus nelsoni",
"word": "Nelson's elk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Cervus elaphus nelsoni",
"word": "Roosevelt elk"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "West Elk Mountains"
}
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"bor": "1",
"qq": "obsolete"
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"expansion": "→ German: Elk (obsolete)",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ German: Elk (obsolete)"
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"2": "엘크",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)"
},
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"2": "എൽക്ക്",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)"
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"2": "elc",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Welsh: elc",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "enm",
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "eolc"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*elhaz"
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"name": "inh"
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"expansion": "Low German Elk",
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"2": "Elch"
},
"expansion": "German Elch",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "da",
"2": "elg"
},
"expansion": "Danish elg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "elg"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian elg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "älg"
},
"expansion": "Swedish älg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁élḱis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "łoś"
},
"expansion": "Polish łoś",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "лось"
},
"expansion": "Russian лось (losʹ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa-ved",
"2": "ऋश्य",
"3": "",
"4": "antelope",
"tr": "ṛ́śya"
},
"expansion": "Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "yäl"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian A yäl",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "ylem",
"3": "",
"4": "gazelle"
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"expansion": "Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”)",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "lt",
"2": "élnis",
"3": "",
"4": "stag"
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"expansion": "Lithuanian élnis (“stag”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "եղնիկ",
"3": "",
"4": "doe, hind"
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"expansion": "Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”)",
"name": "cog"
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"1": "en",
"2": "Elhaz"
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
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"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia."
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"red deer",
"red deer"
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"moose",
"moose"
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"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Alces alces",
"Alces alces#Translingual"
]
]
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"source": "w"
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{
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"source": "w"
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{
"_dis": "16 23 21 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
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"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
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"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Any moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family."
],
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"deer",
"deer"
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[
"red deer",
"red deer"
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[
"moose",
"moose"
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[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
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[
"Alces alces",
"Alces alces#Translingual"
]
],
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"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(chiefly Europe, Commonwealth) Any moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family."
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Europe"
]
},
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"_dis": "16 23 21 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
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"orig": "en:Cervids",
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"Even-toed ungulates",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer."
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"id": "en-elk-en-noun-Mh1QjAYT",
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"deer",
"deer"
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[
"red deer",
"red deer"
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[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"Cervus canadensis",
"Cervus canadensis#Translingual"
]
],
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"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(Canada, US) Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer."
],
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{
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"sense": "Cervus canadensis",
"word": "wapiti"
}
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British India English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"_dis": "16 23 21 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "20 25 23 20 12",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cervids",
"orig": "en:Cervids",
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"Even-toed ungulates",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"ref": "1813, James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, page 281",
"text": "In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Sambar (Cervus unicolor)."
],
"id": "en-elk-en-noun-QRP7g6EI",
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[
"deer",
"deer"
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[
"red deer",
"red deer"
],
[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Sambar",
"sambar"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(British India) Sambar (Cervus unicolor)."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"India"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɛlk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlk"
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{
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"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "alce"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 41 10 9",
"sense": "Alces alces",
"word": "moose"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:elk"
],
"word": "elk"
}
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"expansion": "elk (plural elks)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"extra": "(common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).",
"word": "elke"
}
],
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{
"_dis": "16 23 21 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "20 25 23 20 12",
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"Even-toed ungulates",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus))."
],
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[
"elke",
"elke#English"
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[
"common swan",
"w:en:common swan"
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[
"Cygnus cygnus",
"Cygnus cygnus#Translingual"
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[
"Cygnus ferus",
"Wikispecies:Cygnus ferus"
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"obsolete"
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"English doublets",
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"English indeclinable nouns",
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"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
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"English terms derived from Old English",
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{
"taxonomic": "Taurotragus spp.",
"word": "Cape elk"
},
{
"word": "Elk City"
},
{
"word": "Elk County"
},
{
"word": "Elk Grove"
},
{
"word": "Elk Mountains"
},
{
"word": "Elk Point"
},
{
"word": "Elk River"
},
{
"word": "elk test"
},
{
"word": "Elkton"
},
{
"alt": "†Megaloceros giganteus",
"word": "giant elk"
},
{
"alt": "†Megaloceros giganteus",
"word": "Irish elk"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cervus elaphus nelsoni",
"word": "Nelson's elk"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cervus elaphus nelsoni",
"word": "Roosevelt elk"
},
{
"word": "West Elk Mountains"
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"1": "de",
"2": "Elk",
"bor": "1",
"qq": "obsolete"
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"expansion": "→ German: Elk (obsolete)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Elk (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "엘크",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "എൽക്ക്",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "elc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: elc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: elc"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "elk"
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"expansion": "Middle English elk",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "eolc"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*elhaz"
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"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *elhaz",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "Elk"
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"2": "Elch"
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"expansion": "German Elch",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "da",
"2": "elg"
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"expansion": "Danish elg",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "no",
"2": "elg"
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"expansion": "Norwegian elg",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "älg"
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"expansion": "Swedish älg",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁élḱis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "łoś"
},
"expansion": "Polish łoś",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "лось"
},
"expansion": "Russian лось (losʹ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa-ved",
"2": "ऋश्य",
"3": "",
"4": "antelope",
"tr": "ṛ́śya"
},
"expansion": "Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "Elen"
},
"expansion": "German Elen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "xto",
"2": "yäl"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian A yäl",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "txb",
"2": "ylem",
"3": "",
"4": "gazelle"
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"expansion": "Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "élnis",
"3": "",
"4": "stag"
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"2": "եղնիկ",
"3": "",
"4": "doe, hind"
},
"expansion": "Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”)), from *h₁el- (“deer”). Doublet of Elhaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "elk",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia."
],
"links": [
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"red deer",
"red deer"
],
[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Alces alces",
"Alces alces#Translingual"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Commonwealth English",
"European English"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Any moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family."
],
"links": [
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"red deer",
"red deer"
],
[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Alces alces",
"Alces alces#Translingual"
]
],
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"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(chiefly Europe, Commonwealth) Any moose (Alces alces), the largest member of the deer family."
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Europe"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Canadian English",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer."
],
"links": [
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"red deer",
"red deer"
],
[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"Cervus canadensis",
"Cervus canadensis#Translingual"
]
],
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"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(Canada, US) Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British India English",
"English terms with quotations",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1813, James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, page 281",
"text": "In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"Sambar (Cervus unicolor)."
],
"links": [
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"red deer",
"red deer"
],
[
"moose",
"moose"
],
[
"wapiti",
"wapiti"
],
[
"Sambar",
"sambar"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).",
"(British India) Sambar (Cervus unicolor)."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"India"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɛlk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlk"
},
{
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}
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "alce"
},
{
"sense": "Cervus canadensis",
"word": "wapiti"
},
{
"sense": "Alces alces",
"word": "moose"
}
],
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"en:elk"
],
"word": "elk"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɛlk",
"Rhymes:English/ɛlk/1 syllable",
"en:Cervids"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "elks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "elk (plural elks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).",
"word": "elke"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus))."
],
"links": [
[
"elke",
"elke#English"
],
[
"common swan",
"w:en:common swan"
],
[
"Cygnus cygnus",
"Cygnus cygnus#Translingual"
],
[
"Cygnus ferus",
"Wikispecies:Cygnus ferus"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛlk"
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}
],
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"en:elk"
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}
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