Plural of elk, a large member of the deer family native to North America and Eurasia, with massive branching antlers.
From Old English 'elch,' derived from Proto-Germanic 'elkaz.' The animal name has roots in Germanic languages and may be connected to 'elk' in Scandinavian languages.
Male elk have antlers weighing up to 40 pounds that they grow and shed every year—it's the most energetically expensive regrowth process in the animal kingdom, and the antlers alone require their own skeleton.
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