addax

American  

[ad-aks] / ˈæd æks /

noun

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

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addax British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of addax

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

Example Sentences

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

One desert creature is spectacularly adapted to these conditions: the addax, an ethereal-looking antelope with elongated, corkscrew horns.

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

“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

In this desert region is found the addax, the rarest of Sudan antelopes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various