addax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.

Pronunciation

/ˈa.daks/

Word forms

addax addaxes

Etymology

From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).

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