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ursine

[ ur-sahyn, -sin ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a bear or bears.


ursine

/ ˈɜːsaɪn /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a bear or bears
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


ursine

/ ûrsīn′ /

  1. Resembling or characteristic of bears.


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Other Words From

  • sub·ursine adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ursine1

1540–50; < Latin ursīnus, equivalent to urs ( us ) bear + -īnus -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ursine1

C16: from Latin ursus a bear
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Example Sentences

Keep our ursine pals safe by following all regulations regarding the storage of food and other scented items.

I did not drive all this way to become an ursine protein bar.

Such sightings are not uncommon in 32799, the most active ZIP Code in Florida for close encounters of the ursine kind.

A look at the ursine baby trend—and where it falls among the list of the year's oddest monikers.

So we will never know what made this ursine man of mystery do the things he did.

Paul Jespersen practiced ursine behavior before the looking-glass for about half an hour.

A bear-skin mantles him; and you would think him of ursine consanguinity.

A reminiscence of his ursine antecedents appears in the last scene.

After her confession, Ursine rises, and bounding again like a doe, runs to rejoin her friends.

All the voices, the voice of the merciful canoness excepted, demand with Countess Ursine, "Justice and vengeance!"

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