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noun, plural o·ryx·es, (especially collectively) o·ryx.
1.
a large African antelope, Oryx gazella, grayish with black markings and having long, nearly straight horns: an endangered species.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek óryx pickax, oryx
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek óryx pickax, oryx
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Oryx
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Word Origin & History
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.
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