Alces alces

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin alces (“elk, moose”).

Proper noun

Alces alces f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – a large, northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in a male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America (unless North American members of genus Alces are treated as a separate species Alces americanus).

Hypernyms

• (species): Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae or Odocoileinae - subfamily; Alces - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Alces alces alces, Alces alces caucasicus - subspecies

Coordinate terms

• (species): Alces americanus - species

References

• Moose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alces alces on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alces alces on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alces alces at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Alces_alces at Animal Diversity Web
• Alces alces at AnimalBase
• Alces alces at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.