plural ibex or ibexes
: any of several wild goats (genus Capra, especially C. ibex) living chiefly in high mountain areas of the Old World and having large recurved horns transversely ridged in front
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In an interview with the Financial Times, Melanie Challenger, an environmental-history researcher, pointed to a 2009 study in which scientists cloned the Pyrenean ibex, which went extinct in 2000.
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Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
Cable cars, local buses and the Bernina railway reach alpine meadows and scree fields where walkers may spot ibex, chamois and golden eagles.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Lucky walkers spot ibex, chamois and golden eagles.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
The engravings include 90 camels, 17 ibex (a wild mountain goat), 15 equids (an animal from the horse family), 7 gazelles and 1 aurochs (a now-extinct cow), according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
Cable cars, local buses and the Bernina railway reach alpine meadows and scree fields where walkers may spot ibex, chamois and golden eagles.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Lucky walkers spot ibex, chamois and golden eagles.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
The engravings include 90 camels, 17 ibex (a wild mountain goat), 15 equids (an animal from the horse family), 7 gazelles and 1 aurochs (a now-extinct cow), according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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ibex
noun
plural ibex or ibexes
: any of several wild goats living chiefly in high mountain areas of the Old World and having large horns that curve backward
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