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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Officials established the Simien Mountains National Park to protect the last 200 walia ibexes on Earth, where for decades, their population grew.
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Lauren Liebhaber
july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
Along the way, spot Himalayan ibex, Tibetan wolves, and endangered Himalayan brown bears.
—Rumit Mehta, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
No, this one will be good for a lunch hour of climbing mountains like an ibex or traipsing through the jungle.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
The painting combines words and symbols connected to colonialism and slavery with imagery evoking the Engadin, such as mountains, fir trees and ibexes.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Liebhaber
july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
Along the way, spot Himalayan ibex, Tibetan wolves, and endangered Himalayan brown bears.
—Rumit Mehta, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
No, this one will be good for a lunch hour of climbing mountains like an ibex or traipsing through the jungle.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
The painting combines words and symbols connected to colonialism and slavery with imagery evoking the Engadin, such as mountains, fir trees and ibexes.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Ibex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ibex. Accessed 2 Aug. 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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