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ADDAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does addax mean?
• ADDAX (noun)
The noun ADDAX has 1 sense:
1. large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Familiarity information: ADDAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
addax; Addax nasomaculatus
Hypernyms ("addax" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("addax" is a member of...):
genus Addax (genus of antelopes of northern African deserts)
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