单词 | ursid |
释义 | ursid in British English (ˈɜːsɪd) noun a member of the Ursidae family, which includes polar, brown, and black bears among many others ursid in American English (ˈɜːrsɪd) noun any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae Word origin [‹ NL Ursidae, equiv. to Urs(us) a genus (L: bear) + -idae -id2]-id is a suffix occurring in English derivatives of modern Latin taxonomic names, esp.zoological families and classes; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a singlemember of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon. Otherwords that use the affix -id include: arachnid, canid |
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