addax

[ ad-aks ]

/ ˈæd æks /

noun

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

Origin of addax

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

Words nearby addax

A/D converter, add, ad damnum, Addams, Addams, Jane, addax, added entry, added sixth, added title page, addend, addenda

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Example sentences from the Web for addax

Addax, ad′aks, n. a species of large antelope found in Africa, with long twisted horns.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
In this desert region is found the addax, the rarest of Sudan antelopes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6|Various
Unlike the addax, it is gregarious in its habits, and lives in large herds.
The Young Yagers|Mayne Reid
The wide-spread hoofs of the addax antelope enable it to travel over sand at a great pace.
In the Tail of the Peacock|Isabel Savory

That the strepsiceros of Pliny, or the addax of the Africans, is the antelope.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

British Dictionary definitions for addax

addax

/ (ˈædæks) /

noun

a large light-coloured antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, having ribbed loosely spiralled horns and inhabiting desert regions in N Africa: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla

Word Origin for addax

C17: Latin, from an unidentified ancient N African language

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单词	addax
释义	addax [ ad-aks ] / ˈæd æks / noun a large, pale-colored antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, of North Africa, with loosely spiraled horns. Origin of addax From Latin, dating back to 1685–95, presumably < some language of ancient North Africa Words nearby addax A/D converter, add, ad damnum, Addams, Addams, Jane, addax, added entry, added sixth, added title page, addend, addenda Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for addax Addax, ad′aks, n. a species of large antelope found in Africa, with long twisted horns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various In this desert region is found the addax, the rarest of Sudan antelopes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6\|Various Unlike the addax, it is gregarious in its habits, and lives in large herds. The Young Yagers\|Mayne Reid The wide-spread hoofs of the addax antelope enable it to travel over sand at a great pace. In the Tail of the Peacock\|Isabel Savory That the strepsiceros of Pliny, or the addax of the Africans, is the antelope. Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10)\|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon British Dictionary definitions for addax addax / (ˈædæks) / noun a large light-coloured antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, having ribbed loosely spiralled horns and inhabiting desert regions in N Africa: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla Word Origin for addax C17: Latin, from an unidentified ancient N African language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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