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ur⋅sine

  [ur-sahyn, -sin]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a bear or bears.
2. bearlike.
Origin:
1540–50; < L ursīnus, equiv. to urs(us) bear + -īnus -ine 1
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ur·sine   (ûr'sīn')   
adj.  Of or characteristic of bears or a bear.

[Latin ursīnus, from ursus, bear; see tko- in Indo-European roots.]
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ursine 
"pertaining to a bear," c.1550, from L. ursinus "of or resembling a bear," from ursus "a bear," cognate with Gk. arktos (see arctic).
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ursine   (ûr'sīn')  Pronunciation Key 
Resembling or characteristic of bears.
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