ibex

UK: /ˈaɪbɛks/ US: /ˈaɪbɛks/ ,(ī′beks)

Inflections of 'ibex' (n):

ibexes

npl (All usages)

ibices

npl (All usages)

ibex

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Ibex live in mountainous regions.")

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

i•bex /ˈaɪbɛks/   n. [countable] , pl. i•bex•es, ib•i•ces /ˈɪbəˌsiz, ˈaɪbə-/  (esp. when thought of as a group) i•bex. 

1. Mammals a wild mountain goat of Eurasia and N Africa, having long curved horns.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

i•bex  (ī′beks), n., pl. i•bex•es, ib•i•ces (ib′ə sēz′, ī′bə-), (esp. collectively) i•bex. 

1. Mammals any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.

• Latin
• 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ibex / ˈaɪbɛks/ noun (ibexes, ibices / ˈɪbɪˌsiːz ˈaɪ-/, ibex)

1. any of three wild goats, Capra ibex, C. caucasica, or C. pyrenaica, of mountainous regions of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, having large backward-curving horns

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: chamois