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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oryx 
  n  :  large  African  antelope  with  long  straight  nearly  upright 
  horns  [syn:  {pasang}] 




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