cave bear

noun

  1. an extinct bear, Ursus spelaeus, that lived in caves in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch.

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How to use cave bear in a sentence

  • The gardener exhibits them with a candle, and in the dark they can be eerie enough for cave-bears.

  • There are cave-bears and cave-tigers in small numbers, to be sure, and some river-horses and great snakes.

    The Lost Continent | C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

  • At length the children began to take turns at playing they were cave-bears.

    The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

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