DCHP-2

wapiti [Algonk.: Cree; cf. wapitā it is white, (the animal name having reference to the white, i.e., light-colored, rump)] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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