Antelope vs Elk - What's the difference?
antelope | elk |
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana .
* 1881 , John W. Forney, The New Nobility , page
(British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ); a moose.
(North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis ); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers; moose do.
As nouns the difference between antelope and elk
is that antelope is any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed while elk is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.antelope
English
(wikipedia antelope)Noun
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- "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.