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What is the origin of the word oryx?

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∙ 17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

1535: late Middle English, from Latin from Greek orux'stonemason's pickax', and oryssein 'to dig'; akin to Latin runcare 'to grub up, weed,' Sanskrit luñcati 'he plucks.'

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