Dictionary entry

Oryx

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O″ryx (ō″rĭks), prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ὄρυξ a kind of gazelle or antelope.] (Zoöl.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.