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elk

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elk
a large deer; there are two species, the European elk (Alces alces) and the American moose (A. americana). The largest deer, 6 ft high at the withers and 2000 lb in weight, with a prominent Roman nose, an overhanging upper lip and a beard hanging from the lower jaw, brown body hair and white on the legs. The bulls have palmate antlers, the cows have no antlers.

elk lip
a blemish in a horse, a heavy, overhanging top lip.

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