Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characteristic of bears or a bear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a bear or bears: as, an ursine genus; related to the bear; arctoid: as, the ursine series of Carnivora; resembling a bear or what relates to a bear: as, an ursine walk.
- In entomology, thickly clothed with long, bristle-like, erect hairs: applied especially to certain lepidopterous larvæ.
- noun A bear; any member of the family Ursidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.
- adjective (Zoöl.) See
Chacma . - adjective (Zoöl.) the Tasmanian devil.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the araguato. See
Illust. underHowler . - adjective (Zoöl.) See
Sea bear , and the Note under 1stSeal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
bears . - adjective entomology, of caterpillars Covered in stiff
bristles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or similar to bears
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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PS: I almost called this “Waltzing Bear Watch,” except that this particular ursine is waltzing pretty well by any reasonable standard.
Bloom Off Of The Rose Watch, Mark Knoller edition. | RedState 2010
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He stopped to browse, and, after a few minutes’ immersion in ursine animatronics with names like Smarty Bear, Gabby Bear, and Heart-To-Heart Bear, he crowned one of them his favorite.
That's Edutainment 2006
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He stopped to browse, and, after a few minutes’ immersion in ursine animatronics with names like Smarty Bear, Gabby Bear, and Heart-To-Heart Bear, he crowned one of them his favorite.
That's Edutainment 2006
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Of these animals the most considerable are seals; being of that sort which is called the ursine seal.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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Of these animals the most considerable are seals; being of that sort which is called the ursine seal.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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Of these animals the most considerable are seals; being of that sort which is called the ursine seal.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods Andrew Kippis 1760
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From what we can see, it could be an animal of what your human friends call the ursine species, Khornya, the sort that is heavily furred and may stand on two legs or four. "
Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001
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From what we can see, it could be an animal of what your human friends call the ursine species, Khornya, the sort that is heavily furred and may stand on two legs or four. "
Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001
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John has also worked with the costumes in "ursine" scale from the Tony Award winning shows Wicked, You're A Good Man,
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whats that odd polka-dot growth on her kitty? some kind of ursine std?
emily_morine commented on the word ursine
(Grizzly) Bear-like.
December 8, 2006
evin290 commented on the word ursine
All of the following, which are usually adjectives, can be used as nouns: canine, feline, equine, bovine, murine, ovine. But why are the other '-ine' adjectives (ursine being my favorite) un-noun-able? This really bothers me...
May 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ursine
It isn't entirely un-noun-able. You'd say ursa, I imagine.
I occasionally, when half-asleep, confuse this word with Ursuline. Nuns, bears... what's the difference?
January 16, 2009
reesetee commented on the word ursine
*hoping that's a rhetorical question*
January 16, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word ursine
Stephen Colbert would understand.
January 16, 2009
Louises commented on the word ursine
A slow secret smile swept into Harkaway,s face. It was wolfish, ursine, vulpine. Cold Comfort Farm.
February 23, 2013