wapiti

Noun

wapiti (plural wapitis or wapiti)

1. (Canada, US) The American elk (Cervus canadensis).
   • Of deer there are in North America perhaps eight species : the black-tailed deer of the Pacific coast ; the mule-deer, and the white-tailed deer, of the Upper Missouri region and westward; the common deer of the United States east of the Missouri ; the wapiti of the northern and northwestern...1877 April, Sanborn Tenney, “The Plant-Eaters of North America”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 10
   • In connection with the work of the forest reserves I desire again to urge upon the Congress the importance of authorizing the President to set aside certain portions of these reserves or other public lands as game refuges for the preservation of the bison, the wapiti, and other large beasts once so...1904 December 6, Theodore Roosevelt, Fourth State of the Union Address

   Synonyms:

   elk, red deer, wawaskeesh