oryx
noun
a large antelope of the genus Oryx, with pale fur and long horns: three species are native to arid regions of Africa, and the fourth inhabits Arabia.
oryxes
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pluralof oryx.plural
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In the 1990s, he even introduced a herd of scimitar-horned oryxes, as part of a conservation effort to protect the endangered Saharan antelope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
And the oryxes, and the Barbary sheep, and the Przewalski’s horses, the giraffes, the dromedary camels and a variety of other hoofed mammals.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Among the representatives of vanishing species there were Mongolian wild horses, scimitar-horned oryxes, maned wolves, red-crowned and white-naped cranes, Bali mynas, black-footed ferrets, clouded leopards, Eld’s deer and cheetahs.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2013
They are Arabian oryxes, some of the world's rarest animals, and if they thrive in the desert climate of Arizona, they may live to be the only oryxes left on earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sighted four oryxes, lassoed three of them from a specially built car and brought them safely back alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
