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noun
A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: screwhorn antelope, white antelope
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Addax nasomaculatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: antelope
History
From French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).
Across languages
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