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Definition of Oryx gazella
1. Noun. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oryx Gazella
Literary usage of Oryx gazella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"HEAD OF GEMSBOK (oryx gazella). harnessed antelopes (Tragelaphus), in which the
spiral twisting of the horns is less marked than in the other two; ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... or Cape Oryx (oryx gazella). lyrate or sub-lyrate horns in both sexes, and by
the white oí the buttocks not extending on to the haunches. ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"In the skull there is a slight suborbital fissure, but no pit, and the grinders
have supplementary lobes. * Horns straight. 1. oryx gazella. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"In the skull there is a slight suborbital fissure, but no pit, and the grinders
have supplementary lobes. * Horns straight. 1. oryx gazella. ..."
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