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Definition of Oribis
1. oribi [n] - See also: oribi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oribis
Literary usage of Oribis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"The oribis, which are the largest members of the group, have normal hoofs and
hair, and are specially distinguished by the presence of a bare glandular spot ..."
2. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... on the unfamiliar object, crouch slowly down, and then, with their necks
stretched along the ground, lie watching. I have ridden past a few oribis, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... lateral hoofs being absent in the first- named and present in the second.
A bare gland-patch behind the ear serves to distinguish the oribis or ..."
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