addax/ˈæ.dəks/EtymologyFrom French addax, from Arabic أبو عدس (ʔabū ʕadas, literally “father of the lentil”).addax means A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nounA large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.“In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still hissing from the spit.”