Akademik

Ursidae

noun

bears and extinct related forms

• Syn: ↑family Ursidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora

• Member Meronyms:

↑bear, ↑Ursus, ↑genus Ursus, ↑Euarctos, ↑genus Euarctos, ↑Selenarctos, ↑genus Selenarctos, ↑Thalarctos, ↑genus Thalarctos, ↑Melursus, ↑genus Melursus

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\\-səˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ursus, type genus + -idae

: a family of large powerful plantigrade carnivores including the bears and extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.