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URSIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ursidae mean?

• URSIDAE (noun)
The noun URSIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bears and extinct related forms

Familiarity information: URSIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• URSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Ursidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Bears and extinct related forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ursidae; Ursidae

Hypernyms ("Ursidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ursidae"):

bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

genus Ursus; Ursus (type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears)

Euarctos; genus Euarctos (American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

genus Selenarctos; Selenarctos (Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

genus Thalarctos; Thalarctos (polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

genus Melursus; Melursus (sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

Holonyms ("Ursidae" is a member of...):

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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