addax

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

addax
    n 1: large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert
         regions of northern Africa [syn: {addax}, {Addax
         nasomaculatus}]

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}).
   [1913 Webster]

   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]