Ibex
['aɪbeks] or ['aɪbɛks]
Definition
(noun.) wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
Inputed by Harlow
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stein-boc (Capra ibex).
Checker: Newman
Definition
n. a genus of goats inhabiting the Alps and other mountainous regions.
Checker: Rupert
Examples
- The boar, the bear, the wolf, the ibex-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He went bounding down the vast broadside, spring after spring, like an ibex. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Indeed, I have imported here some of the rare Cretan breed—a kind of ibex, which grows to a great size. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We give here some early sketches, from which we learn of the interest taken by these early men in the bison, horse, ibex, cave bear, and reindeer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Samantha