ursine
pronunciation
How to pronounce ursine in British English:
UK [ˈɜ:saɪn]
How to pronounce ursine in American English:
US [ˈɜrsaɪn]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or similar to bears
Word Origin
- ursine (adj.)
- "pertaining to a bear," 1550s, from Latin ursinus "of or resembling a bear," from ursus "a bear," cognate with Greek arktos, from PIE *rtko- (see Arctic).
Example
- 1. Last caboodle is establishing a brand : the offal of ursine head of a county .
- 2. And yet after months of ursine shuffling and growling from the rear of the republican presidential field , he has sprung to the front ranks , barely four weeks before the first primaries .
- 3. Suspicion still feels after little bear listens , go asking ursine father .
- 4. The application in economy reachs the innovation theory with shallow analyse ursine special the other party its reality meaning .
- 5. Come up then a big fellow , the tiger carries ursine waist on the back , shaveisworn board inch , showing thorn blueness .