ursine

[ ur-sahyn, -sin ]

adjective

of or relating to a bear or bears.
bearlike.

Origin of ursine

1540–50; <Latin ursīnus, equivalent to urs(us) bear + -īnus-ine¹

Other words from ursine

sub·ur·sine, adjective

Words Nearby ursine

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How to use ursine in a sentence

Keep our ursine pals safe by following all regulations regarding the storage of food and other scented items.
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I did not drive all this way to become an ursine protein bar.
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Such sightings are not uncommon in 32799, the most active ZIP Code in Florida for close encounters of the ursine kind.
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A look at the ursine baby trend—and where it falls among the list of the year's oddest monikers.
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So we will never know what made this ursine man of mystery do the things he did.
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Paul Jespersen practiced ursine behavior before the looking-glass for about half an hour.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
A bear-skin mantles him; and you would think him of ursine consanguinity.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 | Various
A reminiscence of his ursine antecedents appears in the last scene.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
After her confession, ursine rises, and bounding again like a doe, runs to rejoin her friends.
The Iron Pincers | Eugne Sue
All the voices, the voice of the merciful canoness excepted, demand with Countess ursine, "Justice and vengeance!"
The Iron Pincers | Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for ursine

ursine

/ (ˈɜːsaɪn) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a bear or bears

Origin of ursine

C16: from Latin ursus a bear

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Scientific definitions for ursine

ursine

[ ûr′sīn′ ]

Resembling or characteristic of bears.

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