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Oryx (/ˈɒrɪks/ ORR-iks) is a
genus consisting of four
large antelope species called oryxes.
Their pelage is pale with
contrasting dark
markings in the...
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Arabian oryx,
founded the Al Ain Zoo to
conserve them.
Arabian oryxes were
hunted to
extinction in the wild by 1972. By 1980, the
number of
Arabian oryxes in...
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injured scimitar oryxes;
Aristotle and
Pliny the
Elder held that the
oryx was the unicorn's "prototype". From
certain angles, the
oryx may seem to have...
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Oryx and
Crake is a 2003
novel by
Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has
described the
novel as
speculative fiction and
adventure romance,
rather than...
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ORYX is an
encryption algorithm used in
cellular communications in
order to
protect data traffic. It is a
stream cipher designed to have a very strong...
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Oryx, or Oryxspioenkop, is a
Dutch open-source
intelligence defence analysis website, and
warfare research group.
According to
Oryx, the term spionkop...
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Atlas Oryx (named
after the
Oryx antelope) is a medium-sized
utility helicopter ostensibly developed and
manufactured by the
Atlas Aircraft Corporation...
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Oryx nome (Ancient Egyptian: 𓉇 Ma-hedj) was one of the 42
nomoi (administrative divisions, Egyptian: sepat) in
ancient Egypt. The
Oryx nome was the...
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African oryx (
Oryx beisa), also
known as the beisa, is a
species of medium-sized
antelope from East Africa. It has two subspecies: the
common beisa oryx (Oryx...
- The
gemsbok (
Oryx gazella), or
South African oryx, is a
large antelope in the
genus Oryx. It is
endemic to the dry and
barren regions of Botswana, Namibia...
