ˈōriks, ˈȯr-, ˈär- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a gazelle, from Greek, pickax, leucoryx, from oryssein
1. capitalized : a genus of large African antelopes having in both sexes long cylindrical nearly straight horns ribbed in their basal half and projecting backward in nearly exact continuation of the plane of the forehead and nose
2. plural oryxes also oryx : any antelope of the genus Oryx
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