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n. 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.

n. Any of several antelopes, of genus Oryx, native to Africa, the males and females of which have long, straight horns.

n. An old name of some North African antelope, very likely the algazel: now definitely applied to several species of the genus Oryx.

n. [capitalized] A genus of orygine antelopes with long horns in both sexes, without suborbital or inguinal glands, and of large size, with thick neck, high withers, and bushy tail.

n. In ornithology: The red and black cardinal of the Cape of Good Hope, a kind of weaverbird, Emberiza orix of Linnæus, now Ploceus (Pyromelana) oryx.

n. Hence— [capitalized] A genus of weaver-birds.

n. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Scarabæidæ.

n. large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns

"The oryx is a magnificent creature, standing as tall as a horse, with the same full, flowing, dark tail that sweeps the ground."

antelope   

gemsbok    oryx gazella    gemsbuck   

sabre antelope   

markhor    duiker    gemsbok    hartebeeste    overheat    quagga    kudu    springbok    gazelle    chamois