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ORYX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
Synonyms:
oryx; pasang
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oryx" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oryx"):
gemsbok; gemsbuck; Oryx gazella (large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks)
Holonyms ("oryx" is a member of...):
genus Oryx (African antelopes: oryxes)
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