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Definition of Capra ibex
1. Noun. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capra Ibex
Literary usage of Capra ibex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"BM p. 149, t. 19. f. 3, 4, as Ibex.) * Horns thick, moderately long; ears densely
pilose. 1. capra ibex. (The Ibex or Steinbeck.) BM capra ibex, Gray, Cat. ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"These wild goats, which are to be met with in the Isle of Candia, and several
other islands of the same sea, are of the Bouquetin (capra ibex, Linn. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"capra ibex (the Ibex.) Adult male, two feet eight inches high at the shoulder ;
five feet long ... capra ibex, Linn. et Auctor. Bou- quetin of the French. ..."
4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"C. ibex (1085) of the Alps, capra ibex, etc. c sibirica |086 > of the Himalaya,
Thian Shan, and Siberia, ..."
5. List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1843)
"Presented by General Hardwicke. g. In change (nose imperfect). Alps, Europe. A.
In winter coat, blackish. Alps, Europe. The STEINBOCK. CAPRA Ibex, Linn. ..."
6. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"[The Founder. 162. Head and Horns of the Ibex.—capra ibex.—Switzerland. [Viscount
Cole, 1834. 163. Head and Horns of the Ibex.—capra ibex. [The Founder. ..."
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