oryx

Any of several African and Arabian antelopes of the genus Oryx, including the gemsbok, having black or brown markings on the face and long, straight or slightly curved horns.

An old name of some North African antelope, very likely the algazel: now definitely applied to several species of the genus Oryx.

[capitalized] A genus of orygine antelopes with long horns in both sexes, without suborbital or inguinal glands, and of large size, with thick neck, high withers, and bushy tail.

In ornithology: The red and black cardinal of the Cape of Good Hope, a kind of weaverbird, Emberiza orix of Linnæus, now Ploceus (Pyromelana) oryx.

Hence— [capitalized] A genus of weaver-birds.

[capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Scarabæidæ.

A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (Oryx beisa), and the beatrix antelope (Oryx beatrix) of Arabia.

Any of several antelopes, of genus Oryx, native to Africa, the males and females of which have long, straight horns.

large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns