elk

noun

1. (Commonwealth, Europe)Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
2. (Canada, US)Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
3. (British, India)Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

   “In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.”

4. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).
5. A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.
6. (informal)An Acorn Electron computer.

   “Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.”

   “I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).”

name

1. (Canadian)A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
2. A surname from Dutch.
3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.

   “Of course, ELK doesn't come without operational burden.”