oryx

oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

Meaning

Noun

  • Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Related

Similar words

  • sabre antelope

Origin

  • From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ ("a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)").

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