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bruins

bruins is the plural of bruin.

Meaning of bruin

Noun

bruin (plural bruins)

  1. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
    • The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XVII

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Proper noun capitalized: Bruins

Bruins

  1. (plural) plural of Bruin

Phrases with bruins

Questions about bruins

What is bruins the plural of?
Bruins is the plural of bruin.
What part of speech is bruins?
Bruins is a proper noun.

Words near bruins in the dictionary

  1. Bruijn's brushturkey
  2. bruilzie
  3. bruilzies
  4. bruin
  5. Bruinbun
  6. bruins
  7. Bruinsma
  8. Bruinsmas
  9. bruisability
  10. bruisable
  11. bruisably

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