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Definition of oryx noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oryx

noun

/ˈɒrɪks/

/ˈɔːrɪks/

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a large antelope with long straight horns
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek orux ‘stonemason's pickaxe’ (because of its pointed horns).

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