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7 words match “IBEX”

IBEX n.
One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.
BEDEN n.
The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.
BOUQUETIN n.
The ibex.
ENDURANT a.
Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
ROCK n.
harlequin duck. -- Rock eel. (Zoöl.) See Gunnel. -- Rock goat (Zoöl.), a wild goat, or ibex. -- Rock hopper (Zoöl.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes. See under Penguin. -- Rock kangaroo. (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale. -- Rock lobster (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the ge…
STEINBOCK n.
The European ibex.
TEK n.
A Siberian ibex.