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Ibex   /ˈaɪbɛks/   Listen
Ibex

noun
(pl. E. ibexes, L. ibices)
1.
Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns.  Synonym: Capra ibex.






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"Ibex" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cross to lament that there were parasols, and that he could not keep them out of his garden. Mr C. told the writer that he lost many a beast and bird from the pokes of that insinuating weapon. We dissuade any lady from touching or going near a zebra's mouth, or the horns of an ibex or an algazel, or the pointed bill of a heron or stork, or from putting her hand ...
— Heads and Tales • Various

... reindeer came farther south than at present. In southern France similar implements are associated with ivory and bones, with rude markings, and the bones of man—even a complete skeleton being found at one place. These are all found in connection with the bones of the elk, ibex, aurochs, and reindeer. ...
— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar



Words linked to "Ibex" :   wild goat, Capra ibex



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