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GENUS ORYX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oryx mean?
• GENUS ORYX (noun)
The noun GENUS ORYX has 1 sense:
1. African antelopes: oryxes
Familiarity information: GENUS ORYX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African antelopes: oryxes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Oryx" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Oryx"):
oryx; pasang (large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns)
Holonyms ("genus Oryx" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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