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单词 wapiti
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Definition of wapiti in English:

wapiti

nounPlural wapitisˈwɒpɪtiˈwɑpədi
  • A red deer of a large race native to North America.

    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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