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subursine

subursine adjective: not perfectly ursine; only somewhat like a bear.

Adjective

subursine (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not perfectly ursine; only somewhat like a bear.
    • a subursine plantigrade

Origin of subursine

From sub- + ursine.

Questions about subursine

What does subursine mean?
Subursine means not perfectly ursine; only somewhat like a bear.
What part of speech is subursine?
Subursine is an adjective.

Words near subursine in the dictionary

  1. suburethral
  2. suburethrally
  3. suburothelial
  4. suburothelially
  5. suburothelium
  6. subursine
  7. subuser
  8. subusers
  9. Subusub
  10. Subutex
  11. subutriform

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