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Deninger's bear

Deninger's bear noun: ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.

deninger's bear: ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for...
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Noun

Deninger's bear (plural Deninger's bears)

  1. (obsolete) Ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.

Forms of Deninger's bear

pluralDeninger's bears

Origin of Deninger's bear

Calque of taxonomic name Ursus deningeri; named in 1904 by the German paleontologist Wilhelm von Reichenau (1847–1925) after the German geologist and paleontologist Karl Deninger (1878–1917).

Questions about Deninger's bear

What does Deninger's bear mean?
Deninger's bear means ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.
What part of speech is Deninger's bear?
Deninger's bear is a noun.
What is the plural of Deninger's bear?
The plural of Deninger's bear is Deninger's bears.

Words near Deninger's bear in the dictionary

  1. denims
  2. denimwear
  3. denimy
  4. denin
  5. Deninger
  6. Deninger's bear
  7. Deninger's bears
  8. Deningers
  9. Denington
  10. Deningtons
  11. Denio

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