Addax Definition

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addaxes
noun
A grayish-white antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of northern Africa having long, spirally twisted horns.
American Heritage
A large, whitish antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of the Sahara, with long, twisted horns.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Addax nasomaculatus
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Hippotraginae — the single species Addax nasomaculatus (addax).

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Addax

Noun

Singular:
addax
Plural:
addaxes

Origin of Addax

  • From Latin addax, apparently from an African language.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin of African origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Addax Sentence Examples

  • The addax is a desert antelope, and in habits probably resembles the gemsbuck.

  • In the extreme south, in the Sahara desert, the addax antelope is still found.

  • Roman mosaics show representations not only of this ass, but of the oryx, hartebeest, and perhaps of the addax.

  • In the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), which is a distinct species common to North Africa and Syria, the ringed horns form an open spiral ascending in the plane of the face, and there is long, shaggy, dark hair on the fore-quarters in winter.

  • Ironically some of the most highly evolved cursors, such as saiga antelope, addax or bison have evolved short, light legs.

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