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orygine, a. Zool.|ˈɒrɪdʒaɪn|
[f. L. oryg-, stem of oryx (see oryx) + -ine1.]
Resembling an antelope of the genus Oryx, esp. belonging to an African group including the addax, gemsbuck, roan, and sable antelopes, which share certain characteristics with the oryx, such as long horns, tufted tails, and large, square teeth.
1898Proc. Zool. Soc. 352 The Addax, I think, is on the whole more an orygine type than a hippotragine. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xi. 75 (heading) The orygine antelopes. |