Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large antelope (Oryx gazella) of arid regions of southern Africa, having long spearlike horns and distinctive black and white markings on the head.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The South African oryx, Oryx capensis, a fine large antelope of the group Oryginæ, especially abundant in the Kalahari desert and Damaraland.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A large African antelope of the Oryx genus.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Afrikaans, from Dutch, from German Gemsbock : Gemse, chamois (from Middle High German gemeze, from Old High German *gamiza, from Late Latin camox) + Bock, buck (from Middle High German boc, from Old High German).]

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From Dutch gems ("chamois") + bok ("buck").

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