addax Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
    Addax nasomaculatus.

WordNet

Ad"dax noun
Etymology
Native name.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913