Definition of Taurotragus oryx

1. Noun. Dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa.

Exact synonyms: Common Eland
Group relationships: Genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus
Generic synonyms: Eland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taurotragus Oryx

Tatler
Tatra
Tattersall
Tattersalls
Tatum
Tatzelwurm
Tatzelwurms
Tau protein
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taunton
Taurean
Taureans
Taurotragus
Taurotragus derbianus
Taurotragus oryx (current term)
Taurus
Taurus the Bull
Tauruses
Taussig
Taussig-Bing disease
Taussig-Bing syndrome
Tausug
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian
Tavastians
Tavros

Literary usage of Taurotragus oryx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"Large skulls of the common eland are decidedly longer, being 19^/2 inches in length. EAST AFRICAN ELAND Taurotragus oryx ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Still larger are the elands, of which the typical Taurotragus oryx ol the Cape is uniformly sandy- coloured, although stripes appear in the more northern ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"(AHS) , ELAND ( = elk), the Dutch name for the largest of the South African antelopes (Taurotragus oryx), л species near akin to the kudu, but with horns ..."

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