oryx

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large African or Arabian antelope of the genus Oryx, with a pale coat, dark facial markings, and long nearly straight horns

   The oryx lowered its long horns as the rival male approached.

Borrowed through Latin oryx from Greek orux, a word used both for a pointed digging tool and for the antelope, probably in reference to its long sharp horns.

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