oryx Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
    pasang.

WordNet


O"ryx noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. a kind of gazelle or antelope.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.

Webster 1913