Oryx Definition

ôrĭks, ŏr-
oryxes
noun
Any of a genus (Oryx) of large African and Asian antelopes with long, straight horns, including the gemsbok.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • pasang
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Hippotraginae — the oryxes.

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Other Word Forms of Oryx

Noun

Singular:
oryx
Plural:
oryxes

Origin of Oryx

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (orux).

    From Wiktionary

Oryx Sentence Examples

  • The animals chiefly hunted were the gazelle, ibex, oryx, stag, wild ox, wild sheep, hare and porcupine; also the ostrich for its plumes, and the fox, jackal, wolf, hyaena and leopard for their skins, or as enemies of the farm-yard.

  • The sable and roan antelopes are distinguished from Oryx by the stout and thickly ringed horns rising vertically from a ridge over the eyes at an obtuse angle to the plane of the lower part of the face, and then sweeping backwards in a bold curve.

  • The structure of their molar teeth affiliates them to the antelopes of the Oryx and Hippotragus groups; but the early bovines lack horns in the female, whereas both sexes of these antelopes are horned.

  • Day 6 - Al Maha Al Maha, a sanctuary in the sands is home to the shy Arabian oryx.

  • The color scheme is actually from a scimitar horned oryx, but I liked the look of it.

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