oryx gazella

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   large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks

   Synonymsgemsbokgemsbuck

   Broaderoryx

Questions about oryx gazella

What does oryx gazella mean?

oryx gazella means "large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks".

What is another word for oryx gazella?

Close synonyms include gemsbok, gemsbuck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oryx gazella a common word?

oryx gazella is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.