Ibices
[ahy-beks] /ˈaɪ bɛks/
noun, plural ibexes, ibices
[ib-uh-seez, ahy-buh-] /ˈɪb əˌsiz, ˈaɪ bə-/ (Show IPA). (especially collectively) ibex.
1.
any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.
/ˈaɪbɛks/
noun (pl) ibexes, ibices (ˈɪbɪˌsiːz; ˈaɪ-), ibex
1.
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
n.
c.1600, from Latin ibex “wild goat of the Alps and Apennines,” from a pre-Latin Alpine language. The German steinbock.
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