wapitis

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

   Synonyms:

   elk, red deer, wawaskeesh