elk

elk
    n 1: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the
         male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
         [syn: {elk}, {European elk}, {moose}, {Alces alces}]
    2: large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in
       the male [syn: {wapiti}, {elk}, {American elk}, {Cervus
       elaphus canadensis}]
    3: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: {red deer},
       {elk}, {American elk}, {wapiti}, {Cervus elaphus}]
    

Hooper \Hoop"er\, n. (Zool.) [So called from its note.]
   The European whistling, or wild, swan ({Olor cygnus}); --
   called also {hooper swan}, {whooping swan}, and {elk}. Hoopoe
    

Whistling \Whis"tling\,
   a. & n. from {Whistle}, v.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Whistling buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}.

   {Whistling coot} (Zool.), the American black scoter.

   {Whistling Dick}. (Zool.)
   (a) An Australian shrike thrush ({Colluricincla Selbii}).
   (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Whistling duck}. (Zool.)
   (a) The golden-eye.
   (b) A tree duck.

   {Whistling eagle} (Zool.), a small Australian eagle
      ({Haliastur sphenurus}); -- called also {whistling hawk},
      and {little swamp eagle}.

   {Whistling plover}. (Zool.)
   (a) The golden plover.
   (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.

   {Whistling snipe} (Zool.), the American woodcock.

   {Whistling swan}. (Zool.)
   (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also {wild swan},
       and {elk}.
   (b) An American swan ({Olor columbianus}). See under {Swan}.
       

   {Whistling teal} (Zool.), a tree duck, as {Dendrocygna
      awsuree} of India.

   {Whistling thrush}. (Zool.)
   (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
       {Myiophonus}, native of Asia, Australia, and the East
       Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and
       have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note
       is a loud and clear whistle.
   (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
       [1913 Webster]
    

elk \elk\ ([e^]lk), n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh,
   OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A large deer, of several species. The European elk {Alces
   alces} (formerly {Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is
   closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or
   wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}) the largest member of the deer
   family, has large, spreading antlers and is closely related
   to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

   {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer
      ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its
      remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in
      Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also
      Illustration of {Antler}.

   {Cape elk} (Zo["o]l.), the eland. elk
    

elk \elk\, elke \elke\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}).
   [1913 Webster]
    

Elk \Elk\ ([e^]lk), prop. n.
   a member of the fraternal organization named Benevolent and
   Protective Order of Elks, supporting various services to
   their communities.
   [PJC]
    

Extension Language Kit
Elk

   <language> (Elk) A {Scheme} {interpreter} by Oliver Laumann
   <[email protected]> and Carsten Bormann
   <[email protected]> of the {Technical University of
   Berlin}.  Elk was designed to be used as a general extension
   language.  New {types} and {primitive} procedures can easily
   be added.  It has {first-class environments}, {dynamic-wind},
   {fluid-let}, {macros}, {autoload}ing and a {dump}.  It
   provides interfaces to {Xlib}, {Xt} and various {widget} sets;
   {dynamic loading} of extensions and {object files}; almost all
   artificial limitations removed; {generational}/{incremental
   garbage collector}; {Unix} {system call} extensions; {Records}
   (structures) and {bit strings}.

   Version: 2.2 is mostly {R3RS} compatible and runs on {Unix},
   {Ultrix}, {VAX}, {Sun-3}, {Sun-4}, {68000}, {i386}, {MIPS}, {IBM
   PC RT}, {RS/6000}, {HP700}, {SGI}, {Sony}, {MS-DOS}
   ({gcc}+{DJGPP} or {go32}).

   Germany
   (ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/Unix/languages/scheme/elk-2.2.tar.gz).
   US (ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/elk-2.2.tar.gz).  US
   (ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/comp.sources.misc/volume8/elk).

   (1994-12-15)
    

ELK
       Extension Language Kit (Scheme)
       
    

Elk, CA
  Zip code(s): 95432
Elk, WA
  Zip code(s): 99009
    

Elk -- U.S. County in Kansas
   Population (2000):    3261
   Housing Units (2000): 1860
   Land area (2000):     647.293474 sq. miles (1676.482330 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.071416 sq. miles (7.954931 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    650.364890 sq. miles (1684.437261 sq. km)
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.425671 N, 96.238982 W
   Headwords:
    Elk
    Elk, KS
    Elk County
    Elk County, KS
    

Elk -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    35112
   Housing Units (2000): 18115
   Land area (2000):     828.651934 sq. miles (2146.198565 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.578653 sq. miles (9.268669 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    832.230587 sq. miles (2155.467234 sq. km)
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             41.422346 N, 78.655412 W
   Headwords:
    Elk
    Elk, PA
    Elk County
    Elk County, PA
    

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "elk":
      Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard,
      caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, fallow deer, fawn,
      gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose,
      mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer,
      roebuck, springbok, stag, wildebeest