Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the largest African antelopes ({Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus}). Note: 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.
addax n : large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa [syn: {Addax nasomaculatus}]