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ad⋅dax

  [ad-aks]
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–noun
a large, pale-colored antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, of North Africa, with loosely spiraled horns.
Origin:
1685–95; < L, presumably < some language of ancient North Africa
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ad·dax   (ād'āks')   
n.  An antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of northern Africa having long, spirally twisted horns.

[Latin, of African origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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