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URSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ursus mean?
• URSUS (noun)
The noun URSUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears
Familiarity information: URSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Ursus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Ursus"):
brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos (large ferocious bear of Eurasia)
Holonyms ("Ursus" is a member of...):
family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)
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