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    FAMILY URSIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bears and extinct related formsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Ursidae; Ursidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Ursidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Ursidae"):

    bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

    genus Ursus; Ursus (type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears)

    Euarctos; genus Euarctos (American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

    genus Selenarctos; Selenarctos (Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

    genus Thalarctos; Thalarctos (polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

    genus Melursus; Melursus (sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

    Holonyms ("family Ursidae" is a member of...):

    Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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