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oryx

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o·ryx  (ôrks, r-, r-)
n. pl. oryx or o·ryx·es
Any of several African antelopes of the genus Oryx, including the gemsbok, having long, straight or slightly curved horns and a hump above the shoulders.
[Latin, from Greek orux, pickax, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.]
oryx
Noun
any of various large straight-horned African antelopes
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Noun1.oryxoryx - large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
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antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
genus Oryx - African antelopes: oryxes
gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella - large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
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At the end of his two hours, Kennedy returned with a string of fat partridges and the haunch of an oryx, a sort of gemsbok belonging to the most agile species of antelopes.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
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