the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Addax (addax) (3)
A kind of antelope mentioned by Herodotus and Pliny, perhaps the addax, Addax nasomaculatus. Now historical and humorous.
A large, stocky, mainly whitish antelope, Addax nasomaculata, related to the oryx, having long spiral horns, and occurring in desert areas of North…
a kind of antelope; = pygarg, n. 1.