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Definitions

Noun

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

   "In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit."

2. 2
   large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

addax nasomaculatusscrewhorn antelopewhite antelope

Example

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"In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit."

Etymology

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

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