addax

1. 1.

   large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa

   SynonymsAddax nasomaculatus

   Broaderantelope

   Part ofgenus Addax

Other forms of addax

plural

addaxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about addax

What does addax mean?

addax means "large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa".

How many syllables are in addax?

addax has 2 syllables: ad-dax. The stress falls on "ad".

What is another word for addax?

Close synonyms include Addax nasomaculatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is addax a common word?

addax is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.