noun
type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears
• Syn: ↑genus Ursus
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ursidae, ↑family Ursidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑brown bear, ↑bruin, ↑Ursus arctos
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\\ˈərsəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus (the type of the family Ursidae) of bears held by some authorities to include all recent bears except the sloth bear and restricted by others to the European brown bear and immediately related forms or subdivided in various ways — compare selenarctos, thalarctos
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Urˈsus noun
The bear genus
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Main Entry: ↑Ursa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.