noun. A grayish-white antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of northern Africa having long, spirally twisted horns.

noun. The native name of a species of African antelope, a ruminant, hoofed, artiodactyl quadruped, of the subfamily Antilopinæ, family Bovidæ; the Antilope addax of Lichtenstein, Oryx addax of some, Oryx nasomaculatus of others, now Addax nasomaculatus: the word addax thus becoming technically a generic name, after having been a technical specific term, as well as originally a vernacular appellation.

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noun. A genus of antelopes of the subfamily Oryginæ, of which the addax

noun. One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragusnasomaculatus or Oryx nasomaculatus).

noun. One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, ∨ Oryx, nasomaculatus). 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.

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

"As a result, Texas now has more than a quarter million exotic animals, mostly from Africa and Asia, of which three—the scimitar-horned oryx, the addax, and the Dama gazelle—have been brought back from the brink of extinction."

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