ursineadj.

Brit.

/ˈəːsʌɪn/,

/ˈəːsɪn/, U.S.

/ˈərˌsin/

Etymology: < Latin ursīnus (whence Spanish and Portuguese ursino, Italian orsino, Provençal orsin, French oursin), < ūrsus bear.

1. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, due to, a bear or bears.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective]

ursinec1550

plantigrade1853

ursid1921

c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 1063 Full corpolent he was with breist ursyne,..and sperit leonine.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ursine,..of or belonging to a Bear.

1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. x. 290 Quotations from Scripture as to the ursine fate of prophet-mockers.

1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xiii The ursine howls of the new-comer.

1880 J. E. Harting Brit. Animals Extinct i. 14 Portions of ursine skeletons.

2. Of the nature of, resembling or having the essential characteristics of, a bear; consisting of bears.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective] > resembling a bear

bearish1607

ursinal1693

ursiform1791

ursal1837

ursine1845

Arctoid1869

Arctoidean1885

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 695/2 Bones of ursine..animals..are rare.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 132 Any fierce or ancient member of the ursine tribe.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 586 The bear..had also, it would seem, known ursine descendants.

3. Suggestive of that or those of a bear; bear-like. Also transferred (cf. bearish adj. 3).

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > surly

carlisha1240

churlishc1405

rustyc1485

ladlike1508

crabbed1535

chumpisha1586

curmudgeonly1590

bear-like1593

bearish1646

surly1670

gruff1691

chuffya1700

gurly1721

ramgunshoch1721

churled18..

gruffy1802

ursine1827

chuff1832

ursal1837

churly1863

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > types of dealer

stagging1845

short1849

weak1875

bearing1883

ursine1899

knifey1937

over-bullish1970

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 522 Whatever remarkable persons have been noted for ursine manners.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. v. 433 An ursine man-of-genius.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 11/1 To the joy of all, from the Governor of the Bank of England down to the gambler in mining shares—always excepting the ursine fraternity.

Compounds

In specific names of animals: (see quots.).

ursine baboon n.

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1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 55 The Ursine Baboon..are very numerous at the Cape.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 274 The ursine or dog-faced baboon..is covered with shaggy hair, of a greenish brown colour.

ursine bradypus n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > member genus Bradypus

bear-ape1607

ai1625

ursine bradypus1791

ursine sloth1800

1791 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. II. Pl. 58 The Ursine Bradypus, or Ursiform Sloth.

ursine dasyure n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Dasyurinae > genus Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil)

ursine dasyure1839

1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 259/1 Dasyurus [ursinus]... The Ursine Dasyure or Devil of the Tasmanian Colonists.

ursine howler n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Alouatta (howler monkey)

guariba1753

howling monkey1769

warine1774

alouatte1779

howler monkey1800

araguato1852

congo ape1859

red howler1865

Congo monkey1874

ursine howler1884

Stentor1891

1884 Imperial Dict. IV. 530 Ursine howler, the Mycetes ursinus.

ursine opossum n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) > genus Didelphis

opossum1610

sarigue1683

ursine opossum1800

1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 504 Ursine Opossum. Didelphis Ursina... The largest of all the Opossums:..Native of New Holland.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 454/2 The Ursine Opossum utters a kind of hollow barking.

ursine phalanger n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > other types of

cuscus1775

vulpine opossum or phalanger1789

ring-tailed opossum1803

ringtail possum1825

ringtail1831

ringtail opossum1831

ursine phalanger1839

mongan1889

Leadbeater's possum1937

ring-tailed possum1941

1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 262/2 The Ursine and other Phalangers.

ursine seal n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Callorhinus (fur-seal)

sea-cat1764

sea-bear1771

fur seal1776

ursine seal1784

1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iv. v. 377 From the colour and shagginess of the hair,..we judged it might probably be..the large male ursine seal. or sea-bear.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 183 The Ursine Seals live in families. Every male is surrounded by a seraglio of from eight to fifty mistresses.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 195 The skin of the ursine seal is very thick.

ursine sloth n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > member genus Bradypus

bear-ape1607

ai1625

ursine bradypus1791

ursine sloth1800

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Melursus (sloth-bear)

ursine sloth1800

sloth-bear1835

honey bear1856

1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. i. 159 Ursine Sloth. Bradypus Ursinus... Black Sloth, with very long shaggy hair.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1278/2 The labiated bear, commonly called the ursine sloth.

Derivatives

† ˈursinal adj. Obsolete rare

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective] > resembling a bear

bearish1607

ursinal1693

ursiform1791

ursal1837

ursine1845

Arctoid1869

Arctoidean1885

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlii. 344 His Dam..put his Members into that..shape which Nature had provided for those of an..Ursinal kind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ursine
释义	ursineadj. Brit. /ˈəːsʌɪn/, /ˈəːsɪn/, U.S. /ˈərˌsin/ Etymology: < Latin ursīnus (whence Spanish and Portuguese ursino, Italian orsino, Provençal orsin, French oursin), < ūrsus bear. 1. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, due to, a bear or bears. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective] ursinec1550 plantigrade1853 ursid1921 c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 1063 Full corpolent he was with breist ursyne,..and sperit leonine. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ursine,..of or belonging to a Bear. 1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. x. 290 Quotations from Scripture as to the ursine fate of prophet-mockers. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xiii The ursine howls of the new-comer. 1880 J. E. Harting Brit. Animals Extinct i. 14 Portions of ursine skeletons. 2. Of the nature of, resembling or having the essential characteristics of, a bear; consisting of bears. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective] > resembling a bear bearish1607 ursinal1693 ursiform1791 ursal1837 ursine1845 Arctoid1869 Arctoidean1885 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 695/2 Bones of ursine..animals..are rare. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 132 Any fierce or ancient member of the ursine tribe. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 586 The bear..had also, it would seem, known ursine descendants. 3. Suggestive of that or those of a bear; bear-like. Also transferred (cf. bearish adj. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > surly carlisha1240 churlishc1405 rustyc1485 ladlike1508 crabbed1535 chumpisha1586 curmudgeonly1590 bear-like1593 bearish1646 surly1670 gruff1691 chuffya1700 gurly1721 ramgunshoch1721 churled18.. gruffy1802 ursine1827 chuff1832 ursal1837 churly1863 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > types of dealer stagging1845 short1849 weak1875 bearing1883 ursine1899 knifey1937 over-bullish1970 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 522 Whatever remarkable persons have been noted for ursine manners. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. v. 433 An ursine man-of-genius. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 11/1 To the joy of all, from the Governor of the Bank of England down to the gambler in mining shares—always excepting the ursine fraternity. Compounds In specific names of animals: (see quots.). ursine baboon n. ΚΠ 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 55 The Ursine Baboon..are very numerous at the Cape. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 274 The ursine or dog-faced baboon..is covered with shaggy hair, of a greenish brown colour. ursine bradypus n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > member genus Bradypus bear-ape1607 ai1625 ursine bradypus1791 ursine sloth1800 1791 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. II. Pl. 58 The Ursine Bradypus, or Ursiform Sloth. ursine dasyure n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Dasyurinae > genus Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil) ursine dasyure1839 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 259/1 Dasyurus [ursinus]... The Ursine Dasyure or Devil of the Tasmanian Colonists. ursine howler n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Alouatta (howler monkey) guariba1753 howling monkey1769 warine1774 alouatte1779 howler monkey1800 araguato1852 congo ape1859 red howler1865 Congo monkey1874 ursine howler1884 Stentor1891 1884 Imperial Dict. IV. 530 Ursine howler, the Mycetes ursinus. ursine opossum n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) > genus Didelphis opossum1610 sarigue1683 ursine opossum1800 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 504 Ursine Opossum. Didelphis Ursina... The largest of all the Opossums:..Native of New Holland. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 454/2 The Ursine Opossum utters a kind of hollow barking. ursine phalanger n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Phalangeridae (phalanger) > other types of cuscus1775 vulpine opossum or phalanger1789 ring-tailed opossum1803 ringtail possum1825 ringtail1831 ringtail opossum1831 ursine phalanger1839 mongan1889 Leadbeater's possum1937 ring-tailed possum1941 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 262/2 The Ursine and other Phalangers. ursine seal n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Callorhinus (fur-seal) sea-cat1764 sea-bear1771 fur seal1776 ursine seal1784 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iv. v. 377 From the colour and shagginess of the hair,..we judged it might probably be..the large male ursine seal. or sea-bear. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 183 The Ursine Seals live in families. Every male is surrounded by a seraglio of from eight to fifty mistresses. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 195 The skin of the ursine seal is very thick. ursine sloth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > member genus Bradypus bear-ape1607 ai1625 ursine bradypus1791 ursine sloth1800 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Melursus (sloth-bear) ursine sloth1800 sloth-bear1835 honey bear1856 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. i. 159 Ursine Sloth. Bradypus Ursinus... Black Sloth, with very long shaggy hair. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1278/2 The labiated bear, commonly called the ursine sloth. Derivatives † ˈursinal adj. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adjective] > resembling a bear bearish1607 ursinal1693 ursiform1791 ursal1837 ursine1845 Arctoid1869 Arctoidean1885 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlii. 344 His Dam..put his Members into that..shape which Nature had provided for those of an..Ursinal kind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1550
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