GENUS ADDAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Addax mean? 

• GENUS ADDAX (noun)
  The noun GENUS ADDAX has 1 sense:

1. genus of antelopes of northern African deserts

  Familiarity information: GENUS ADDAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ADDAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of antelopes of northern African deserts

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Addax" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Addax"):

addax; Addax nasomaculatus (large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Addax" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)