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wapiti Definition


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wapiti
noun
    wapiti, wapitis
    1. A type of large N American deer, reddish in colour with a light patch on its rump, and with large branched antlers. Also (N Amer) called elk.
Etymology: 19c: Shawnee, meaning ‘white deer'; it was erroneously called ‘elk' by white settlers.



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