ibex

[ ahy-beks ]

noun

, plural i·bex·es, ib·i·ces [ib, -, uh, -seez, ahy, -b, uh, -], (especially collectively) i·bex.

1. any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.

ibex

/ ˈaɪbɛks /

noun

1. any of three wild goats, Capra ibex, C. caucasica, or C. pyrenaica, of mountainous regions of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, having large backward-curving horns

Word History and Origins

Origin of ibex¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1600–10

Word History and Origins

Origin of ibex¹

C17: from Latin: chamois

Example Sentences

Luca Melcarne, a mountain guide in France's Vercors Regional Natural Park, photographed this ibex after spending a bitterly cold night in a temporary shelter.

From BBC

Alpine Ibex have recovered well after nearly disappearing from the area in the early 1800s.

From NewsForKids.net

She caught this picture of Alpine Ibex in the mountains near Italy’s border with France.

From NewsForKids.net

She was out for a trip with her family in the spring, when she noticed two male Ibex standing on their rear legs, fighting.

From NewsForKids.net

Along their outbound trajectories, both Voyagers now locally measure magnetic fields that are stronger than—and askew from—values extrapolated from IBEX’s remote all-sky observations of the undraped magnetic field farther out.

From Scientific American