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Oryx

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or=yx

CIDE DICTIONARY

Oryxprop. n. [NL., from Gr. 'o`ryx a kind of gazelle or antelope.].
     A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (Oryx beisa), and the beatrix antelope (Oryx beatrix) of Arabia.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Oryx, n. any large straight-horned antelope of the genus Oryx, native to Africa and Arabia.

Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk orux stonemason's pickaxe, f. its pointed horns

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