GLEN OAKS, on the Queens border with Nassau County, is dominated by a series of co-op apartment complexes, both garden and high-rise.
(Ã´râ²Ä­ks, Årâ²-) n. pl. oryx or oÂ·ryxÂ·es. Any of several African and Arabian antelopes of the genus Oryx, including the gemsbok, having black or brown markings on the face and long, straight or slightly curved horns. [Latin, from Greek orux, pickaxe, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.]
Nicknames for Onyx: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Onyx: | Edit. A type of gemstone with bands of color. Derived from the Greek onyx, which originally meant claw, fingernail.. So called because the mineral's color is sometimes pink with white streaks and resembles a fingernail. A deep jet-black color. Pronounced: ON-iks.