Elk vs. Antelope
Difference Between Elk and Antelope
Elknoun
(originally) Any large species of deer such as red deer, moose or wapiti.
Antelopenoun
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
Elknoun
The subspecies of the moose (Alces alces alces, alternatively named Eurasian elk because the wapiti is also called elk) that occurs only in Europe and Asia (not to be confused with the species called moose {Alces alces} which encompasses all subspecies of the moose).
Antelopenoun
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
Elknoun
(British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.
Antelopenoun
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Elknoun
(North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose.
Elknoun
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America
