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Webster 1913 Edition


Addax

Ad′dax

,
Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
One of the largest African antelopes (
Hippotragusnasomaculatus
or
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.