Arabian oryx

[ uh-rey-bee-uhn awr-iks ]

/ əˈreɪ bi ən ˈɔr ɪks /

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noun plural A·ra·bi·an o·ryx·es, (especially collectively) A·ra·bi·an o·ryx.

a large antelope, Oryx leucoryx, the smallest of the oryxes, with a white coat, conspicuous shoulder bump, and nearly straight horns that can reach a length of 30 inches (76 centimeters) on both the males and females: the only oryx native to Arabia rather than Africa, in 2011 it became the first animal to have rebounded to a status of vulnerable after having been classified, in 1972, as extinct in the wild.

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Also called white o·ryx .

Origin of Arabian oryx

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby Arabian oryx

Arabian Desert, Arabian horse, Arabian jasmine, Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Arabian oryx, Arabian Sea, Arabia Petraea, Arabic, arabica bean, arabica coffee

Example sentences from the Web for Arabian oryx

As the Arabian Peninsula flourished, the area became the center of cultural development.
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A Saudi Arabian television ad for Viagra shows a man struggling to push a straw through the lid of his beverage.
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The Saudi Arabian government paid for her tuition in addition to a $1,800 stipend for personal expenses.
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So was Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni firebrand who runs al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Dusty paths lined with flickering orange lanterns led us to our final camp, a slice of dramatic Arabian luxury.
On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The apocryphal gospels contain many, and some are preserved by Persian and Arabian poets.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
To the girls, that jolting ride was like an adventure straight from the Arabian Nights.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle|Laura Lee Hope
A short distance from the station lay a true Arabian sand desert, but which was fortunately not of very great extent.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
Thus the Phoenicians and the Amorites belong to the first stage of the second great Arabian migration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
I was warned secretly by a strange Arabian woman, who required of me solemn oath not to reveal her.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

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