- hibernate (v.)
- 1802, probably a back-formation from hibernation. Related: Hibernated; hibernating.
- oryx (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin oryx, from Greek oryx (genitive orygos) "North African antelope with pointed horns, the digging animal," literally "pick-axe." Used in Greek and Latin bibles to render Hebrew tho, which early English Bibles misidentified as everything from a small hibernating animal to a wild bull.