oryx

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The oryx is an Old World antelope that sometimes has black and white coloring, just like a crossword.

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  1. noun Any of several African antelopes of the genus Oryx, including the gemsbok, having long, straight or slightly curved horns and a hump above the shoulders.

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  • There were centaurs with the bodies of felines, deer, zebras, oryx, and others; there seemed to be no limit to their variations, and each was beautiful in his or her own right. —  Swell Foop
  • The politician had bagged traditional game such as elk and turkey but also stalked the exotic: he shot an oryx, a long-horned antelope native to Africa, during a guided outing in 2005 on a New Mexico ranch owned by media mogul Ted Turner. —  CounterPunch
  • In the worst case, the scimitar-horned oryx was rated extinct in the wild despite some unconfirmed reports of wild animals in Niger and Chad. —  The Times of India
  • Several thousand oryx are in captivity, with plans to reintroduce them the wild. —  The Times of India
  • After an exhilarating drive through the dunes, where you might spot the rare and reintroduced oryx (like a desert dwelling deer) but will see plenty of camels, prepare yourself for a sublime desert sunset. —  Viator Travel Blog
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  1. Latin, from Greek orux, pickax, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin oryx, from Greek ὄρυξ (ὀρυγ-), a gazel or antelope, so called from its pointed horns, from ὄρυξ, ὄρυγξ, a pickax, from ὀρύσσ, σ1ειν, dig.
 

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