Addax

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     One of the largest African antelopes
     ({Hippotragusnasomaculatus} or {Oryx nasomaculatus}).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: 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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  addax
       n : large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions
           of northern Africa [syn: {Addax nasomaculatus}]