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GENUS URSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ursus mean? 

GENUS URSUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS URSUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bearsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS URSUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS URSUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ursus; Ursus

Hypernyms ("genus Ursus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ursus"):

brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos (large ferocious bear of Eurasia)

Holonyms ("genus Ursus" is a member of...):

family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)


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