oribin.
/ˈɒrᵻbi/, U.S. /ˈɔrəbi/ A small antelope, Ourebia ourebi, inhabiting open grassy plains in southern and eastern Africa and having a reddish-fawn back, white underparts, and short vertical horns.
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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 58 I saw the kid caught of a very small and extremely scarce goat, called Orebi.
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 138 Another species of antelope was here very plentiful, known by the Hottentot name of orabie, which except in colour and size,..bore a considerable resemblance to the steenbok.
1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 339 A. scoparia, the Orebi, adult male, 22 to 24 inches high, four feet long, head eight inches.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 11 By valleys remote where the oribi plays.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 76/2 The Ourebi,..called bleekbok or palebuck by the Dutch colonists at the Cape... The ourebi inhabits the open plains of South Africa.
1887 H. R. Haggard She vi. 80 A tanned hide of a small red buck, something like that of the oribé.
1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 74 I shot a fine oribi antelope.
1958 R. Collins Impassioned Wind 20 An oribi, a little fawn-coloured antelope, darted to one side with the celerity of a frightened hare.
1990 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth) 29 Sept. 6 The foothold of the endangered oribi in the Eastern Cape has been strengthened and the numbers on some farms have grown by as much as 51% in two years.
2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 55/3 The undulating palm-studded grassland north of the river hosts estimable numbers of elephant, buffalo, Jackson's hartebeest, oribi and Uganda kob.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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