How to pronounce ursine

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What ursine means

adjective

Like a bear or having to do with bears

In a sentence: The sleepy giant gave a slow, ursine yawn and shuffled back into his cave.

Where it comes from: It comes from "ursus," the Latin word for a bear, and dates from the mid 16th century.

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