wapitin.

Brit.

/ˈwɒpᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈwɑpədi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (occasionally) wapitis.

Forms: 1800s– wapiti, 1800s– wapati, 1800s–1900s wapeti, 1800s wappetti.

Origin: A borrowing from Shawnee. Etymon: Shawnee wa:piti.

Etymology: < Shawnee wa:piti, lit. ‘having a white rump’ < wa:p- white + -iti rump. Compare scientific Latin †wapiti as a specific epithet for this animal (in †Cervus wapiti : B. S. Barton 1801, in Philos. Mag. 12 128 (note)). Compare earlier wawaskeesh n.

1. A large deer native to North America and eastern Asia, Cervus canadensis, resembling the European red deer, C. elaphus. Also attributive.Usually called elk in North America.Manchurian wapiti, Roosevelt's wapiti: see the first element.The wapiti was formerly considered a subspecies of the European red deer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > Cervus elaphus (red deer)

red deera1425

olen1591

wawaskeesh1716

wapiti1810

Carolina Stag1859

Roosevelt wapiti1897

Manchurian wapiti1898

Roosevelt elk1902

1810 J. Dougall Mod. Preceptor II. vi. 194 The moose-deer, or wapiti,..is a beautiful and stately animal, alied [sic] to, but much larger than, the common stag.

1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 251 Cervus strongyloceros. (Schreber.) The Wapiti.

1857 Morning Post 2 May 2/3 The Wapiti deer had increased to a herd of six.

1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 200 If a wapiti stag were placed in a line with a fine German, and a Scotch red-deer, there would be an immense difference in size.

1901 P. Fountain Deserts N. Amer. ix. 179 The wapiti deer (which the American trappers and people always call the elk).

1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 55 The most notable sound made by wapiti is the piercing whistle or bugle of adult bulls during the rut.

1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) iv. 69 Her granddaughter stood in the wide hall staring at the unblinking brown eyes of the wapiti shot in Doubtful Sound.

2010 L. McDougall Tracking & Reading Sign ix. 61 Wapiti feed on the smooth bark of poplar, aspen, and cottonwood trees in winter.

2. The flesh of a wapiti used as food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of elk or eland

thigh-tongue1812

wapiti1884

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 May 3/2 Second course: Californian salmon, roast wapiti.

1916 Recreation Aug. 66/1 Having done justice to some of Cale's roast wapiti and corn-bread, with lighted pipes and our moccasins to a roaring camp-fire, we were ready to make another try on the morrow.

2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 11 May d7 His specialties include..breast of pheasant and roast wapiti with berries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wapiti
释义	wapitin. Brit. /ˈwɒpᵻti/, U.S. /ˈwɑpədi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (occasionally) wapitis. Forms: 1800s– wapiti, 1800s– wapati, 1800s–1900s wapeti, 1800s wappetti. Origin: A borrowing from Shawnee. Etymon: Shawnee wa:piti. Etymology: < Shawnee wa:piti, lit. ‘having a white rump’ < wa:p- white + -iti rump. Compare scientific Latin †wapiti as a specific epithet for this animal (in †Cervus wapiti : B. S. Barton 1801, in Philos. Mag. 12 128 (note)). Compare earlier wawaskeesh n. 1. A large deer native to North America and eastern Asia, Cervus canadensis, resembling the European red deer, C. elaphus. Also attributive.Usually called elk in North America.Manchurian wapiti, Roosevelt's wapiti: see the first element.The wapiti was formerly considered a subspecies of the European red deer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > Cervus elaphus (red deer) red deera1425 olen1591 wawaskeesh1716 wapiti1810 Carolina Stag1859 Roosevelt wapiti1897 Manchurian wapiti1898 Roosevelt elk1902 1810 J. Dougall Mod. Preceptor II. vi. 194 The moose-deer, or wapiti,..is a beautiful and stately animal, alied [sic] to, but much larger than, the common stag. 1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 251 Cervus strongyloceros. (Schreber.) The Wapiti. 1857 Morning Post 2 May 2/3 The Wapiti deer had increased to a herd of six. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 200 If a wapiti stag were placed in a line with a fine German, and a Scotch red-deer, there would be an immense difference in size. 1901 P. Fountain Deserts N. Amer. ix. 179 The wapiti deer (which the American trappers and people always call the elk). 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 55 The most notable sound made by wapiti is the piercing whistle or bugle of adult bulls during the rut. 1992 B. Anderson Portrait of Artist's Wife (1993) iv. 69 Her granddaughter stood in the wide hall staring at the unblinking brown eyes of the wapiti shot in Doubtful Sound. 2010 L. McDougall Tracking & Reading Sign ix. 61 Wapiti feed on the smooth bark of poplar, aspen, and cottonwood trees in winter. 2. The flesh of a wapiti used as food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of elk or eland thigh-tongue1812 wapiti1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 May 3/2 Second course: Californian salmon, roast wapiti. 1916 Recreation Aug. 66/1 Having done justice to some of Cale's roast wapiti and corn-bread, with lighted pipes and our moccasins to a roaring camp-fire, we were ready to make another try on the morrow. 2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 11 May d7 His specialties include..breast of pheasant and roast wapiti with berries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1810
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