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[syn: steenbok, steinbok, Raphicerus campestris]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Steinbock \Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
Cf. Steenbok.] (Zool.)
(a) The European ibex.
(b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus)
which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
steenbok. [Written also steinboc, and steinbok;
also called stonebock, and stonebuck.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
steinbok
n 1: small plains antelope of southeastern Africa [syn:
steenbok, steinbok, Raphicerus campestris]