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[ ur-sahyn, -sin ] / ˈɜr saɪn, -sɪn /
adjectiveof or relating to a bear or bears. bearlike. Origin of ursine1540–50; <Latin ursīnus, equivalent to urs(us) bear + -īnus-ine1 OTHER WORDS FROM ursinesub·ur·sine, adjectiveWords nearby ursineUrsa Major, Ursa Minor, ursid, Ursids, ursiform, ursine, ursine dasyure, ursine howler, Ursprache, Ursula, Ursuline Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ursineSuch sightings are not uncommon in 32799, the most active ZIP Code in Florida for close encounters of the ursine kind. In Florida, Sprawling Humans Confront the Bears Who Lived There First|Jacqui Goddard|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST A look at the ursine baby trend—and where it falls among the list of the year's oddest monikers. Kate Winslet’s Bear Rocknroll & Other Crazy Celebrity Baby Names of 2013|Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST So we will never know what made this ursine man of mystery do the things he did. A Eulogy for Gus, Central Park’s Polar Bear Man of Mystery|Malcolm Jones|August 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST The most considerable are seals, or (as we used to call them) sea-bears, being that sort called the ursine seal. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18)|Robert Kerr
Another pouched animal, equally carnivorous, is the Ursine Opossum. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found|Mayne Reid It may have looked like an ursine hold-up to the tourists; but old Mother Bear was quite sure she and her cubs were in man-peril. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson Is not this an ursine man-of-genius, in some sort, as we once defined him? History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle I prefer to appeal to the sight of the gentler sex in our ursine race. The Original Fables of La Fontaine|Jean de la Fontaine
British Dictionary definitions for ursine
adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling a bear or bears Word Origin for ursineC16: from Latin ursus a bear Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for ursine
Resembling or characteristic of bears. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |