Ibexes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ibex \I"bex\ ([imac]"b[e^]ks), n.; pl. E. {Ibexes}
     ([imac]"b[e^]ks*[e^]z), L. {Ibices} ([imac]b"[i^]*s[=e]z).
     [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}.


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     Note: The Alpine ibex ({Capra ibex}) is the best known. The
           Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex ({Capra Hispanica}) has
           smoother and more spreading horns.
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