oribi

American  

[awr-uh-bee, or‑] / ˈɔr ə bi, ˈɒr‑ /

noun

• oribis
  plural

1. a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.

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oribi British  

/ ˈɒrɪbɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• oribis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of oribi

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

oribi oribis

The tiny oribi, about the size of a greyhound, saw its population plummet by 50%.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023

That bush-clad hill was the favourite haunt of droves of buffaloes and elands, and on that plain swarmed thousands upon thousands of springbok and of quagga, of hartebeest and of oribi.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Henry Rider Haggard

For instance, there's the oribi and the dik-dik, to say nothing of the steinbuck and the klipspringer.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon

A list of the different kinds of oribi would take up several lines of valuable space without conveying any illuminating intelligence to the lay mind.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon

"To-morrow we want kongoni for boys' meat, or zebra; and some meat for masters-Tommy, impala, oribi," and Memba Sasa knew as well as I did what we needed to fill out our trophy collection.

From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White

Also the mamma oribis had given birth to bouncing baby oribis, and the sight of the little ones was most pleasing to the eyes.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by John T. McCutcheon

A bare gland-patch behind the ear serves to distinguish the oribis or ourebis, as typified by Oribia montana of the Cape; lateral hoofs being present and the face-pit large.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various