addax

[ ad-aks ]

noun

1. a large, pale-colored antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, of North Africa, with loosely spiraled horns.

addax

/ ˈædæks /

noun

1. a large light-coloured antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, having ribbed loosely spiralled horns and inhabiting desert regions in N Africa: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla

Word History and Origins

Origin of addax¹

From Latin, dating back to 1685–95, presumably < some language of ancient North Africa

Word History and Origins

Origin of addax¹

C17: Latin, from an unidentified ancient N African language

Example Sentences

Addax, ad′aks, n. a species of large antelope found in Africa, with long twisted horns.

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The ordinary height of the Addax is three feet seven or eight inches, and the horns are almost exactly alike in the two sexes.

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The wide-spread hoofs of the addax antelope enable it to travel over sand at a great pace.

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That the strepsiceros of Pliny, or the addax of the Africans, is the antelope.

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Unlike the addax, it is gregarious in its habits, and lives in large herds.

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