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Webster 1913 Edition

Ibex

I′bex

(ī′bĕks)
,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Ibexes
(ī′bĕks-ĕz)
, L.
Ibices
(īb′ĭ-sēz)
.
[L., a kind of goat, the chamois.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; – called also
steinbok
.
☞ The Alpine ibex (
Capra ibex
) is the best known. The Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex (
Capra Hispanica
) has smoother and more spreading horns.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ibex

IBEX

,
Noun.
[L.] The wild goat of the genus Capra,which is said to be the stock of the tame goat. It has large knotty horns reclining on its back, is of a yellowish color,and its beard is black. It inhabits the Alps.
The Aegagras, or wild goat of the mountains of Persia, appears to be the stock of the tame goat. The IBex is a distinct species.

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