Definition of wapiti in English:

wapiti

nounPlural wapitisˈwɒpɪtiˈwɑpədi

A red deer of a large race native to North America.
美洲赤鹿（北美亦称ELK ）
Cervus elaphus canadensis, family Cervidae; it is sometimes treated as a separate species (C. canadensis)
Also called elk in North America
Example sentencesExamples
- In summer, the wapiti's coat is sleek and tawny brown, with a large buff-coloured rump patch.
- The bull wapiti is the world's second largest deer.
- The remaining loci were derived in other ruminants: red deer, caribou, gazelle, and wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis).
- The American elk is one of the large deer which may also be called wapiti; the name is used of C. elephus or its subspecies in Asia.
- The National Wildlife Society judged his comprehensive wapiti study, The Elk of North America, the ‘outstanding publication on terrestrial wildlife’ in 1951.
- As hunters argue the right to shoot wapiti, or white baiters to maintain 100-year-old fishing rituals, it's often about traditional values or perceived ‘rights’ going head to head with the realities of commercial pressure.
- Although wapiti was reintroduced into southern Yukon in the 1950s, it has not appreciably extended its range or expanded its present numbers of about 200.
- A wapiti lies upside down to the lower right.
- We have a wapiti [elk], which was shot in Canada by one of the pilots in 1917 and subsequently mounted in the Mess.
- The KFI is a measure of fat reserves and has been shown to be a significant predictor of fetal sex ratios in wapiti.
- The wapiti was much bigger than the eastern whitetail: moose were larger yet: with the ‘buffalo’ being the heaviest four-footed animal on the continent.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Shawnee, literally 'white rump'.

Definition of wapiti in US English:

wapiti

nounˈwɑpədiˈwäpədē

another term for elk
Example sentencesExamples
- The bull wapiti is the world's second largest deer.
- A wapiti lies upside down to the lower right.
- The remaining loci were derived in other ruminants: red deer, caribou, gazelle, and wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis).
- The National Wildlife Society judged his comprehensive wapiti study, The Elk of North America, the ‘outstanding publication on terrestrial wildlife’ in 1951.
- The KFI is a measure of fat reserves and has been shown to be a significant predictor of fetal sex ratios in wapiti.
- The wapiti was much bigger than the eastern whitetail: moose were larger yet: with the ‘buffalo’ being the heaviest four-footed animal on the continent.
- Although wapiti was reintroduced into southern Yukon in the 1950s, it has not appreciably extended its range or expanded its present numbers of about 200.
- The American elk is one of the large deer which may also be called wapiti; the name is used of C. elephus or its subspecies in Asia.
- As hunters argue the right to shoot wapiti, or white baiters to maintain 100-year-old fishing rituals, it's often about traditional values or perceived ‘rights’ going head to head with the realities of commercial pressure.
- We have a wapiti [elk], which was shot in Canada by one of the pilots in 1917 and subsequently mounted in the Mess.
- In summer, the wapiti's coat is sleek and tawny brown, with a large buff-coloured rump patch.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Shawnee, literally ‘white rump’.

单词	wapiti
释义	Definition of wapiti in English: wapiti nounPlural wapitisˈwɒpɪtiˈwɑpədi A red deer of a large race native to North America. 美洲赤鹿（北美亦称ELK ） Cervus elaphus canadensis, family Cervidae; it is sometimes treated as a separate species (C. canadensis) Also called elk in North America Example sentencesExamples In summer, the wapiti's coat is sleek and tawny brown, with a large buff-coloured rump patch. The bull wapiti is the world's second largest deer. The remaining loci were derived in other ruminants: red deer, caribou, gazelle, and wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis). The American elk is one of the large deer which may also be called wapiti; the name is used of C. elephus or its subspecies in Asia. The National Wildlife Society judged his comprehensive wapiti study, The Elk of North America, the ‘outstanding publication on terrestrial wildlife’ in 1951. As hunters argue the right to shoot wapiti, or white baiters to maintain 100-year-old fishing rituals, it's often about traditional values or perceived ‘rights’ going head to head with the realities of commercial pressure. Although wapiti was reintroduced into southern Yukon in the 1950s, it has not appreciably extended its range or expanded its present numbers of about 200. A wapiti lies upside down to the lower right. We have a wapiti [elk], which was shot in Canada by one of the pilots in 1917 and subsequently mounted in the Mess. The KFI is a measure of fat reserves and has been shown to be a significant predictor of fetal sex ratios in wapiti. The wapiti was much bigger than the eastern whitetail: moose were larger yet: with the ‘buffalo’ being the heaviest four-footed animal on the continent. Origin Early 19th century: from Shawnee, literally 'white rump'. Definition of wapiti in US English: wapiti nounˈwɑpədiˈwäpədē another term for elk Example sentencesExamples The bull wapiti is the world's second largest deer. A wapiti lies upside down to the lower right. The remaining loci were derived in other ruminants: red deer, caribou, gazelle, and wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis). The National Wildlife Society judged his comprehensive wapiti study, The Elk of North America, the ‘outstanding publication on terrestrial wildlife’ in 1951. The KFI is a measure of fat reserves and has been shown to be a significant predictor of fetal sex ratios in wapiti. The wapiti was much bigger than the eastern whitetail: moose were larger yet: with the ‘buffalo’ being the heaviest four-footed animal on the continent. Although wapiti was reintroduced into southern Yukon in the 1950s, it has not appreciably extended its range or expanded its present numbers of about 200. The American elk is one of the large deer which may also be called wapiti; the name is used of C. elephus or its subspecies in Asia. As hunters argue the right to shoot wapiti, or white baiters to maintain 100-year-old fishing rituals, it's often about traditional values or perceived ‘rights’ going head to head with the realities of commercial pressure. We have a wapiti [elk], which was shot in Canada by one of the pilots in 1917 and subsequently mounted in the Mess. In summer, the wapiti's coat is sleek and tawny brown, with a large buff-coloured rump patch. Origin Early 19th century: from Shawnee, literally ‘white rump’.
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