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Pronunciation / Transliteration: adaks
"L'addax est une espèce d'antilope parfaitement adaptée au milieu désertique."
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A critically endangered pale-colored antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) of the Sahara desert, having long, twisted, spiral horns.
"Conservationists are working tirelessly to protect the remaining population of the addax in its natural desert habitat."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Arabic word 'ad-daxx', which refers to a wild animal with crooked horns. It entered the English language in the early 19th century via Neo-Latin nomenclature used in zoological taxonomy to describe the white antelope native to the Sahara desert.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Addax" is said worldwide
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addax
Transliteration: adaks
"L'addax est une espèce d'antilope parfaitement adaptée au milieu désertique."
Addax
Transliteration: adaks
"Die Addax wird auch Schraubenhornantilope genannt."
addax
Transliteration: addaks
"L'addax è un'antilope che vive nel deserto del Sahara."
addax
Transliteration: adaks
"El addax es un antílope en peligro crítico de extinción."
adaxe
Transliteration: a-da-xi
"O adaxe é um antílope adaptado à vida no deserto."
अडैक्स मृग
Transliteration: adaiks mrig
"अडैक्स मरुस्थल में रहने वाला एक दुर्लभ मृग है।"
旋角羚
Transliteration: xuán jiǎo líng
"旋角羚是一种生活在撒哈拉沙漠的珍稀动物。"
아다스
Transliteration: adaseu
"아다스는 사하라 사막에 서식하는 멸종 위기 동물입니다."
アダックス
Transliteration: adakkusu
"アダックスはサハラ砂漠に生息するウシ科の動物です。"
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