addax
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of addax
From Latin, dating back to 1685–95, presumably < some language of ancient North Africa
Example Sentences
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The addax – also known as the screwhorn antelope – is one of the world’s most endangered species of antelopes.
From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2018
“As luck would have it,” Newby says, “their area of interest landed slap-bang in the middle of the addax population in Tin Toumma,” a remote region in eastern Niger that held the largest addax population.
From National Geographic • Mar. 2, 2016
Muammar Qaddafi’s overthrow triggered an exodus of returnees to Niger through addax areas.
From National Geographic • Mar. 2, 2016
A lone addax ekes out a living out of the barren Sahara Desert in eastern Niger.
From National Geographic • Mar. 2, 2016
Unlike the addax, it is gregarious in its habits, and lives in large herds.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
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