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ibex

(ī′beks′)

any of various Old World wild goats: the male has large, backward-curved horns

Origin: L, prob. < IE word in an Alpine language, signifying “climber,” akin to ivy

See ibex in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ibex ibex or i·bex·es

Any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, especially C. ibex, native to mountainous regions of Eurasia and northern Africa and having long, ridged, backward-curving horns.

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