hind vs American elk

hind and American elk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hind	Yes	Yes	No	No
American elk	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American elk is a hypernym of hind; that is, American elk is a word with a broader meaning than hind:

Other hypernyms of hind include Cervus elaphus, elk, red deer, wapiti.

hind (noun)	American elk (noun)
a female deer, especially an adult female red deer	large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers	common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

hind (adjective)	American elk (adjective)
located at or near the back of an animal