Addax

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of northern Africa having long, spirally twisted horns.
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  • n. One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, ∨ Oryx, nasomaculatus). It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragusnasomaculatus or Oryx nasomaculatus).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The native name of a species of African antelope, a ruminant, hoofed, artiodactyl quadruped, of the subfamily Antilopinæ, family Bovidæ; the Antilope addax of Lichtenstein, Oryx addax of some, Oryx nasomaculatus of others, now Addax nasomaculatus: the word addax thus becoming technically a generic name, after having been a technical specific term, as well as originally a vernacular appellation.
  • n.
  • n. A genus of antelopes of the subfamily Oryginæ, of which the addax
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  • n. large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
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