Associations to the word «Oryx»

Wiktionary

ORYX, noun. Any of several antelopes, of genus Oryx, native to Africa, the males and females of which have long, straight horns.
ORYX, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae   — the oryxes.

Dictionary definition

ORYX, noun. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King