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Definition of Addax
1. Noun. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa.
Definition of Addax
1. n. One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).
Definition of Addax
1. 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 the pygarg of the Bible. ¹
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Definition of Addax
1. a large antelope [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Addax
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Addax
Literary usage of Addax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"(A. addax.) The first impression on seeing this animal is that of an oryx ...
Hence we have no hesitation in adopting the name of addax, which the Roman ..."
2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"The addax (Oryx ... ancient Egyptians to indicate gods or great men; and there
appears to be no doubt that the addax was the Strep- ... _The addax (Oryx n ..."
3. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"addax. Horns behind the orbit, slender, elongate, ringed, slightly twisted,
sloping in a line with the face. Hoofs semicircular, thin-edged. (Gray, Cat. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... Newer Ideals of Peace (1007), and The Spirit of Youth and /A? City Streets (1909).
addax, a genus of antelopes, with'one species (A. ..."
5. The young Nile-voyagers by Anne Bowman, Johann Baptist Zwecker (1868)
"The addax—The Desert again—The Hyrax—North or South— The Ostrich and Giraffe—Toys
for Traffic—Tembe" on the Hills — Claim for Hongo — Harris as an Orator ..."
6. Big Game Shooting by Horatio Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"... LEUCORYX, AND addax The Beisa (Oryx beisa] of North-East Africa is a near
cousin of the gemsbok of the south. There is some slight difference in the ..."
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