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dog-bear

dog-bear noun: an extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.

Noun

dog-bear (plural dog-bears)

  1. An extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.
    • The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids).2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87

Forms of dog-bear

pluraldog-bears

Questions about dog-bear

What does dog-bear mean?
Dog-bear means an extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.
What part of speech is dog-bear?
Dog-bear is a noun.
What is the plural of dog-bear?
The plural of dog-bear is dog-bears.

Words near dog-bear in the dictionary

  1. dog's-leg
  2. dog's-tail grass
  3. dog's-tail grasses
  4. dog-and-pony show
  5. dog-and-pony shows
  6. dog-bear
  7. dog-bears
  8. dog-bee
  9. dog-bees
  10. dog-belt
  11. dog-belts

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