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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large extinct bear (Ursus spelaeus) of the Pleistocene Epoch. Most fossils have been found in caves in Europe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil bear, Ursus spelæus; of the Quaternary epoch, contemporary with man in the caves of Europe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large extinct species of bear, Ursus spelaeus.
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