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oribis

  • plural
    of oribi.
    oribi
    noun
    a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.

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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

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