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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns [syn: oryx, pasang]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural oryx or oryxes) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a gazelle, from Greek, pickax, antelope, kind of whale, from oryssein to dig; akin to Latin runcare to grub up, weed, Sanskrit luńcati he plucks Date: 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 especially on the face — compare gemsbok

Britannica Concise

Any of four species (genus Oryx) of large stocky antelopes living in herds on African and Arabian deserts and plains. Oryxes are 40-47 in. (102-120 cm) high. They have a mane and a tufted tail. The coat is grayish brown, whitish, or white, depending on the species, with dark patches on the face and forehead, a dark streak on either side of the eye, and various dark markings on the body and legs. Both sexes have long, sharp-tipped, straight or curved horns.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any large straight-horned antelope of the genus Oryx, native to Africa and Arabia. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk orux stonemason's pickaxe, f. its pointed horns

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oryx O"ryx, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a kind of gazelle or antelope.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.