The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WAPITI
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More clues leading to the result WAPITI
- The thing with one foot rolling over is a wild animal
- A hidden danger in Wisconsin for native deer
- Wanderer’s first with a clue about one deer
- What contributes to how a pit initially does?
- N. American deer making a den in Wisconsin
- Deer – it’s one with foot raised
- Beast cut short howl that masks mine
- American deer to hand back for Italian one
- Animal, the thing with one foot for climbing
- Beast was lacking tail. Mine’s got one
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What does WAPITI mean?
WAPITI noun- The American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis or Cervus canadensis). It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.