Alces

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin alces (“elk”). === Pronunciation === English: IPA(key): /ˈælsiːz/ === Proper noun === Alces f A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – 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 Category: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[1] at Bucknell. Alces at Mammal Diversity Database Alces at iNaturalist Alces at the Open Tree of Life Web Project Alces available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.keːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̠ʲ.t͡ʃes] === Proper noun === Alcēs m sg (genitive Alcis); third declension a river in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Alces”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.