Elk

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 17

(elgk.) [A.S. elch.] (Zool.) See CERVIDE. Elk, in Pennsylvania, a N.W.central co., taking its name from Elk Mountain, a prominent summit of the Alleghanies; area, 800 sq. m.; C. Ridgway. Pop. 8,488. [s. 326]