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单词 Irish elk
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Definition of Irish elk in English:

Irish elk

noun
  • An extinct giant European and North African deer of the Pleistocene epoch, with massive antlers up to 3 m (10 ft) across.

    爱尔兰巨鹿(生长在更新世的欧洲及北非,已灭绝,巨大的鹿角宽可达3米,即10英尺)。亦称GIANT DEER

    Megaloceros giganteus, family Cervidae

    Also called giant deer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Irish elk finally went extinct when the antlers became so large that the animals could no longer hold up their heads, or got entangled in the trees.
    • The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across.
    • Female peacocks go for the huge, beautiful, but apparently dysfunctional tails of the male, and female Irish elks went for the male practically immobilized by the biggest antlers.
    • The bones of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lion, bison, and great Irish elk were found.
    • This is thought to explain the enormous antlers in species such as the Irish elk.
    • A famous case was his study of the Irish elk, a very large extinct deer with enormous antlers, much greater in proportion to the animal's size than is seen in modern deer.
    • The team, though, said their new date for the Irish elk's extinction hints at an additional human-made problem - habitat destruction.
    • There was a Swiss boy who lived with his mother and stuffed whitebait, then found God in the eye of a fish; an American who re-created the extinct Irish elk; a man who shot a leopard so that he could bring life to something that was dead.
    • Scientists at University College London studied DNA and skeletal remains of the extinct giant deer, or Irish elk, to construct its family tree.
    • The Irish elk is also known as the giant deer.

Definition of Irish elk in US English:

Irish elk

noun
  • An extinct giant European and North African deer of the Pleistocene epoch, with massive antlers up to 10 feet (3 m) across.

    爱尔兰巨鹿(生长在更新世的欧洲及北非,已灭绝,巨大的鹿角宽可达3米,即10英尺)。亦称GIANT DEER

    Megaloceros giganteus, family Cervidae

    Also called giant deer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Female peacocks go for the huge, beautiful, but apparently dysfunctional tails of the male, and female Irish elks went for the male practically immobilized by the biggest antlers.
    • The Irish elk is also known as the giant deer.
    • This is thought to explain the enormous antlers in species such as the Irish elk.
    • Scientists at University College London studied DNA and skeletal remains of the extinct giant deer, or Irish elk, to construct its family tree.
    • The team, though, said their new date for the Irish elk's extinction hints at an additional human-made problem - habitat destruction.
    • The bones of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lion, bison, and great Irish elk were found.
    • There was a Swiss boy who lived with his mother and stuffed whitebait, then found God in the eye of a fish; an American who re-created the extinct Irish elk; a man who shot a leopard so that he could bring life to something that was dead.
    • The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across.
    • The Irish elk finally went extinct when the antlers became so large that the animals could no longer hold up their heads, or got entangled in the trees.
    • A famous case was his study of the Irish elk, a very large extinct deer with enormous antlers, much greater in proportion to the animal's size than is seen in modern deer.
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