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o⋅ryx
[awr-iks, ohr-] 
–noun, plural o⋅ryx⋅es, (especially collectively
) o⋅ryx.
) o⋅ryx. | 1. | a large African antelope, Oryx gazella, grayish with black markings and having long, nearly straight horns: an endangered species. |
| 2. | gemsbok. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L < Gk óryx pickax, oryx
1350–1400; ME < L < Gk óryx pickax, oryx
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| o·ryx (ôr'ĭks, ōr'-, ŏr'-) n. pl. oryx or o·ryx·es 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. [Latin, from Greek orux, pickax, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.] |
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Oryx
O"ryx\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a kind of gazelle or antelope.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.
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oryx
1382, from L. oryx, from Gk. oryx (gen. orygos) "North African antelope with pointed horns, the digging animal," lit. "pick-axe." Used in Gk. and L. bibles to render Heb. tho, which early Eng. Bibles misidentified as everything from a small hibernating animal to a wild bull.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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