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addax

N กวาง ขนาดใหญ่  kwang-ka-nad-yai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADDAX

Ad "dax, n. Etym: [Native name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

addax

ad dax |ˈadˌaks ˈædæks | noun a large antelope with a mainly grayish and white coat, native to the deserts of North Africa. [Addax nasomaculatus, family Bovidae. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, from an African word recorded by Pliny.

 

Oxford Dictionary

addax

addax |ˈadaks | noun a large antelope with a mainly greyish and white coat, native to the deserts of North Africa. Addax nasomaculatus, family Bovidae. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, from an African word recorded by Pliny.