oribi

[ awr-uh-bee, or‐ ]

noun,plural or·i·bis.
  1. a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi, of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.

Origin of oribi

1
1785–95; <Afrikaans <Khoikhoi, perhaps to be identified with Nama !gore-b

Words Nearby oribi

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How to use oribi in a sentence

  • Pale′-ale, a light-coloured pleasant bitter ale; Pale′buck, an antelope, the oribi.

  • The little oribi remembered his instructions and followed them out to the letter.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • There was lots of game for our table, from the most delicious grouse to the oribi, whose meat is the tenderest I have ever eaten.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • I didn't go over to see if the little oribi was still alive, for I was certain that it had been killed.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • From where I stood looking at them hartebeest, kob, waterbuck, and oribi were also all in sight.

British Dictionary definitions for oribi

oribi

/ (ˈɒrɪbɪ) /


nounplural -bi or -bis
  1. a small African antelope, Ourebia ourebi, of grasslands and bush south of the Sahara, with fawn-coloured coat and, in the male, ridged spikelike horns

Origin of oribi

1
C18: from Afrikaans, probably from Khoikhoi arab

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