Strepsiceros

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Strepsiceros
    n 1: African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks [syn:
         {Tragelaphus}, {genus Tragelaphus}, {Strepsiceros}, {genus
         Strepsiceros}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
   One of the largest African antelopes
   ({Hippotragusnasomaculatus} or {Oryx nasomaculatus}).
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   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.
         [1913 Webster]