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GENUS URSUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears
Synonyms:
genus Ursus; Ursus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ursus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ursus"):
brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos (large ferocious bear of Eurasia)
Holonyms ("genus Ursus" is a member of...):
family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)