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oryx

Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/

The English word “oryx” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Etymology

From Latin ory̆x, from Ancient Greek ὄρῠξ (órŭx, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

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