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i·bex

   [ahy-beks]
noun, plural i·bex·es, ib·i·ces  [ib-uh-seez, ahy-buh-] , (especially collectively) i·bex.
any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.
Origin:
1600–10; < Latin
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ibex
1607, from L. ibex "wild goat of the Alps and Apennines," from a pre-L. Alpine language. The Ger. steinbock.
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