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addax
- /ˈæ.dəks/
Where it comes from
From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).
noun addaxes · addax
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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.
Similar: screwhorn antelope, white antelope
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noun Addax nasomaculatus
| Português | adax |
|---|---|
| Italiano | antilope dalle corna a vite, addax |
| Română | addax, adax |
| Русский | а́ддакс áddaks, антило́па ме́ндес antilópa méndes |
| עברית | דִּישׁוֹן dishón |
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