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Webster 1913 Edition

Oryx

O′ryx

(ō′rĭks)

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[NL., from Gr.

ὄρυξ

a kind of gazelle or antelope.]

(Zool.)

A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (

Oryx beisa

), and the beatrix antelope (

Oryx beatrix

) of Arabia.