DCHP-1 Online
wapiti [Algonk.: Cree; cf. wapitā it is white, (the animal name having reference to the white, i.e., light-colored, rump)] 
n. the North American elk or stag, Cervus canadensis.
See also: biche Canadian stag elk (def. 2) gray moose (def. 2) prairie elk red deer (def. 2) waskesew wewaskish
- 1824 These animals, whose aboriginal name is that of Wapeti, are known to the settlers in North America by the name of elk.
- 1872 The wapiti, the king of the red deer tribe, inhabits the regions bordering on the Rocky Mountains; it is also found in British Columbia and on Vancouver's Island.
- 1958 The North American elk or wapiti is one of the most sociable of our antlered mammals. . . .
- 1824 These animals, whose aboriginal name is that of Wapeti, are known to the settlers in North America by the name of elk.