addax
noun/ˈæ.dəks/
Etymology From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).
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A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
- In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, page 53:
- Related terms
- pygarg