ibex

[ ahy-beks ]

/ ˈaɪ bɛks /

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noun, plural i·bex·es, ib·i·ces

[ib-uh-seez, ahy-buh-], /ˈɪb əˌsiz, ˈaɪ bə-/, (especially collectively) i·bex.

any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.

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Origin of ibex

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1600–10

Words nearby ibex

Ibero-Maurusian, Ibert, Iberville, Iberville, d', IBEW, ibex, IBF, Ibibio, ibid., ibidem, -ibility

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How to use ibex in a sentence

I saw several ibex heads nailed up over the doors of houses.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
He peopled the hills with anything they had a mind to slay—thar, ibex, or markhor, and bear by Elisha's allowance.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
Only after sun-down do the ibex descend, and never, even then, so far as timber-line.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman
At this period the surviving ibex had fallen to a mere handful.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman

At that season (April to May) the ibex are changing their coats.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for ibex

ibex

/ (ˈaɪbɛks) /

noun plural ibexes, ibices (ˈɪbɪˌsiːz, ˈaɪ-) or ibex

any of three wild goats, Capra ibex, C. caucasica, or C. pyrenaica, of mountainous regions of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, having large backward-curving horns

Word Origin for ibex

C17: from Latin: chamois

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