IBEX STEINBOCK
\ˈa͡ɪbɛks stˈa͡ɪnbɒk], \ˈaɪbɛks stˈaɪnbɒk], \ˈaɪ_b_ɛ_k_s s_t_ˈaɪ_n_b_ɒ_k]\
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[L., Gr.] Rock-goat. (Zool.) Capra ibex, an Alpine and Pyrenean spec, moderately gregarious. The adult male is about two feet eight inches high at the shoulder; reddish brown in summer, grey in winter; the horns are sometimes three feet long. Sub-fam. Caprinae, fam. Boviate, ord. Ungulata.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).