wapiti
IPA: wʌpˈiti
noun
- (US, Canada) The American elk (Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.
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Examples of "wapiti" in Sentences
- Yes | No | Report from naten wrote 2 weeks 2 days ago yep wapiti is right
- Yes | No | Report from thunderdog512 wrote 11 hours 45 min ago wapiti is right!
- "In my opinion," continued Lucien, "the wapiti is the noblest of all the deer kind.
- It is instructive to see how many of the largest “true wapiti” heads listed in this book were killed in Wyoming.
- A bear was an occasional amusement; a wapiti was a constant necessity; but the only wild animal dangerous to man was a rattle-snake or a skunk.
- Other browsing mammals, such as wapiti, fallow deer, goat, chamois and thar, have restricted distributions but have caused severe damage in places.
- On fire with curiosity he inquired and found the animal had been shot by Mr. Otho Shaw, who had recently returned from a hunting expedition to Wyoming, whence he had brought some good wapiti heads.
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