ursine

== English == === Etymology === Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.saɪn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɝsaɪn/, /ˈɝsɪn/ , === Adjective === ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears. 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 77, [3] […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae. 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, [4] (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles. ==== Synonyms ==== bearlike bearly ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ursine (plural ursines) (zoology) A bear. === Anagrams === insure, inures, nursie, rusine, urines == Latin == === Adjective === ursīne vocative masculine singular of ursīnus