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TAUROTRAGUS ORYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taurotragus oryx mean? 

TAUROTRAGUS ORYX (noun)
  The noun TAUROTRAGUS ORYX has 1 sense:

1. dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africaplay

  Familiarity information: TAUROTRAGUS ORYX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAUROTRAGUS ORYX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common eland; Taurotragus oryx

Hypernyms ("Taurotragus oryx" is a kind of...):

eland (either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes)

Holonyms ("Taurotragus oryx" is a member of...):

genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus (African antelopes: elands)


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