Alces

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See also: alces and alcés

Translingual

Alces alces

Etymology

From Latin alces (“elk”).

Pronunciation

English: IPA^(key): /ˈælsiːz/

Proper noun

Alces f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – the moose.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Alces alces - type species; Alces americanus (American moose) - species not universally accepted as distinct from A. alces

References

Alces on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alces on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alces on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alces at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Alces at AnimalBase
Alces at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Alces in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
“Alces”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.keːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃes/,

Proper noun

Alcēs m sg (genitive Alcis); third declension

A river in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alcēs
Genitive	Alcis
Dative	Alcī
Accusative	Alcem
Ablative	Alce
Vocative	Alcēs

References

Alces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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