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URSUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears

Synonyms:

genus Ursus; Ursus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ursus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ursus"):

brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos (large ferocious bear of Eurasia)

Holonyms ("Ursus" is a member of...):

family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)

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