Associations to the word «Ursus»
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Wiktionary
URSUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae — the American black bear, the polar bear and the grizzly (or brown bear) are all species of the genus Ursus..
URSUS AMERICANUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae — the American black bear.
URSUS ARCTOS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae — the brown bear.
URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS, proper noun. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Ursidae — the grizzly bear.
URSUS MARITIMUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae — the polar bear, a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator within its range..
URSUS THIBETANUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae — the Asian black bear, native to an area centered in mountainous south central China.
Dictionary definition
URSUS, noun. Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears.
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