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Word entry · 3 letters

elk

Best crossword clue

"Large antlered grazer"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɛlk/Part of speech nounSorted eklStarts with EEnds with K3 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

Word origin

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).
  • Of course, ELK doesn't come without operational burden.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Large antlered grazer3 letters
02Large deer with antlers3 letters
03North American wapiti3 letters

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