单词 | ibex |
释义 | ibexn. A species of wild goat ( Capra ibex or Ibex ibex) inhabiting the Alps and Apennines, the male of which has very large strongly ridged recurved diverging horns, and hair of a brownish or reddish grey becoming grey in winter; the female, shorter horns and grey hair; also called bouquetin and steinbock. Extended to other species of the same genus or subgenus, inhabiting mountain-ranges in Europe, Asia, and Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra himalayana or Himalayan ibex ibex1607 skeen1825 tur1894 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex) stonebuckc1000 rock-goat1574 eveck1585 stambuck1591 ibex1607 rock-buck1681 steinbock1695 bouquetin1783 mountain sheep1807 stonebuck1855 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > other types of goateOE ibex1607 whidaw goat1781 shawl-goat1793 jaal-goat1838 Nubian1879 Nubian goat1879 Toggenburg1886 Anglo-Nubian1898 Saanen1908 walia1932 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 246 They inhabit..the Rockes or Mountaines, but not the tops like the Ibecks. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 445 The Ibex... First these are bred in the alpes, and are of an admirable celerity, although their heades bee loaded with such hornes, as no other beasts of their stature beareth. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia ix. 140 Goats that are called Ibices. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 62 The ibex resembles the goat in..shape. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. i. 40 The origin of the domestic goat is the Stein-boc, Ibex or wild goat. 1878 G. F. Maclear Bk. Joshua (1880) xv. 142 Numerous ibexes or Syrian chamois inhabit these cliffs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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