ORYX

[oryx] n, pl oryx or oryx.es [NL, fr. L, a gazelle, fr. Gk, pickax, antelope, kind of whale, fr. oryssein to dig; akin to L runcare to grub up, weed, Skt luncati he plucks] (1535): any of a small genus (Oryx) of large heavily-built African and Arabian antelopes that have a light-colored coat with dark conspicuous markings esp. on the face