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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ibex  \I"bex\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Ibexes},  L.  {Ibices}.  [L.,  a  kind  of 
  goat,  the  chamois.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  One  of  several  species  of  wild  goats  having  very  large 
  recurved  horns,  transversely  ridged  in  front;  --  called  also 
  {steinbok}. 
 
  Note:  The  Alpine  ibex  ({Capra  ibex})  is  the  best  known  The 
  Spanish,  or  Pyrenean,  ibex  ({C.  Hispanica})  has 
  smoother  and  more  spreading  horns. 




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