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See also: Ursine
English
Etymology
Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
- 1832, Godfrey Mundy, chapter VI, in Pen and Pencil Sketches, Being the Journal of a Tour in India, volume 1, London: John Murray, page 320:
- The British chief having undergone the ursine embrace of the Seikh monarch, the whole cavalcade proceeded towards the town.
- 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
- […] the old man's eccentricities, sometimes bordering on the ursine, repelled the juniors […]
- 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 77,
- […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda.
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.
- (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- brankursine
- subursine
- ursine baboon
- ursine dasyure
- ursine howler
- ursine seal
Translations
of or relating to bears
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Noun
ursine (plural ursines)
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Latin
Adjective
ursīne
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