[BlueDragon]

Aah, so in Europe, they call moose -- elk.

I suppose that makes sense. I'd been told that before (but obviously had forgotten).

And yes, the word wapiti applies to North American 'elk' and is from native American dialect.

Shawnee, I think. Possibly overlapping with Cree.

Algonquian source, anyway, I take it.

[Mears]

Wapiti is a big crossword puzzle word.

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