Addax

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈadaks/

Origin

From Latin addax, apparently from an African language.

Full definition of addax

Noun

1. A large African antelope (), with long horns, that lives in the desert. from 17th c.
• 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 53:In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.