ibex
pronunciation
How to pronounce ibex in British English:
UK [ˈaɪbeks]
How to pronounce ibex in American English:
US ['aɪbeks]
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- Noun:
- wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns
Word Origin
- ibex
- ibex: see ivy
- ibex (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin ibex "wild goat of the Alps and Apennines," from a pre-Latin Alpine language. The German steinbock.
Example
- 1. The spanish ibex 35 index dropped 4.7 % to 8066.50 , as banco santander stumbled 5.9 % .
- 2. Final video : dont argue with an ibex
- 3. In the eurozone , sovereign risk concerns hit spain hard , with the ibex 35 falling 17 per cent .
- 4. Nasa 's interstellar boundary explorer satellite , or ibex , discovered the narrow ribbon , which completes nearly a full circle across the sky .
- 5. Spain 's ibex share index , which had rallied strongly over the summer , ended down 3.9 per cent and the ftse eurofirst 300 index dropped 1.7 per cent .