ワピチ

noun

wapiti; elk

Refers to the large deer species Cervus canadensis, known as wapiti in North America and elk in British English. In Japanese, ワピチ is the standard term, distinct from ヘラジカ (moose).

• ワピチは北きたアメリカに生せい息そくする大おお型がたのシカです。

  The wapiti is a large deer that lives in North America.

• 動どう物ぶつ園えんでワピチの親おや子こを見みました。

  I saw a wapiti parent and child at the zoo.