Hypertext Webster Gateway: "addax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the largest African antelopes ({Hippotragus, or Oryx,
nasomaculatus}).
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
addax
n : large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions
of North Africa [syn: {Addax nasomaculatus}]
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