oryx (redirected from oryxes)

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.

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[Latin, from Greek orux, pickax, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.]

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oryx [ˈɒrɪks]

n pl -yxes, -yx

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large African antelope of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight nearly upright horns

[via Latin from Greek orux stonemason's axe, used also of the pointed horns of an antelope]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

oryx - large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns pasang 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

Translations

oryx [ˈɒrɪks] N (oryxes or oryx (pl)) → orix m, órix m