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in Europe, a member of Alces alces, large-hoofed mammals known in North America as the moose (q.v.). The name is also used for several large deer of the genus Cervus, notably the red deer of Europe, the Kashmir stag and the Himalayan shou, as well as the North American deer more correctly called wapiti (q.v.). The name is also applied to the extinct Irish elk (q.v.).