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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ēlk, n.

noun

n. [A-S. elch, Icel. elgr, ylgr, elgsdyr, Norw. elg, ellgur, elgsdyr, Sw. elg, älg, Lat. alces.] (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the stag kind, with very large, spreading, branched or palmated horns; the Cervus alces, of Europe, and the Cervus Canadensis, or moose, of the northern United States.

An elk with large palmate antlers is shown running.
Elk (*Cervus alces).
An American elk with large branching antlers stands in profile.
American Elk.