oryx

/ˈɔrɪks/
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Other forms: oryxes

Definitions of oryx
  1. noun
    large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
    synonyms: pasang
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    types:
    Oryx gazella, gemsbok, gemsbuck
    large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
    type of:
    antelope
    graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
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