Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grayish-white antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of northern Africa having long, spirally twisted horns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of a species of African antelope, a ruminant, hoofed, artiodactyl quadruped, of the subfamily Antilopinæ, family Bovidæ; the Antilope addax of Lichtenstein, Oryx addax of some, Oryx nasomaculatus of others, now Addax nasomaculatus: the word addax thus becoming technically a generic name, after having been a technical specific term, as well as originally a vernacular appellation.
- noun A genus of antelopes of the subfamily Oryginæ, of which the addax
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the largest African antelopes (
Hippotragusnasomaculatus orOryx nasomaculatus ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the largest
African antelopes (Hippotragus, ∨ Oryx, nasomaculatus). It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be thepygarg of theBible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As a result, Texas now has more than a quarter million exotic animals, mostly from Africa and Asia, of which three—the scimitar-horned oryx, the addax, and the Dama gazelle—have been brought back from the brink of extinction.
In Praise of 'Enviropreneurs' Terry L. Anderson 2012
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However, addax were rare and reliable survey techniques were needed, as was also a wildlife census including the participation of local people.
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The Twareg traditionally hunted gazelle, aoudad, addax and occasionally ostrich, using snare traps and dog packs, but as wildlife has declined so has hunting.
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Internationally important populations of five species of threatened fauna survive: dorcas and dama gazelle, addax, aoudad, and ostrich.
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Tourists also frequently chased addax and gazelles until they died of heat exhaustion.
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However, some are still at serious risk: addax are rare and the ostrich may be almost extinct locally due to poaching for the wild animal trade.
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One-sixth of the reserve is a sanctuary for addax.
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The legislation defined 16% of the center of the reserve as a sanctuary to protect the small population of addax from tourist and other disturbance.
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The addax (Addax nasomaculatus, CR), and scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, EN) were also once found in this ecoregion but are now thought to be extinct in the wild.
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The globally threatened dama gazelle (Gazella dama), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) may have previously occurred here, but they are no longer found.
yaybob commented on the word addax
Genus of antelope
December 11, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word addax
The addax, it must be noted, is not gregarious.
November 16, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word addax
"A jackal stalks an addax. A Manx cat nabs a pack rat."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 27
May 20, 2010