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Like bears
Answer for the clue "Like bears ", 6 letters:
ursine
Alternative clues for the word ursine
Word definitions for ursine in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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 ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or similar to bears
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears. 2 (context entomology of caterpillars English) Covered in stiff bristles.
Usage examples of ursine.
Ladd Devine the Third, big timber and mining companies, and out-of-state hunters and tourists before it benefited the poor people of Milagro, the poor people of Milagro tended to look upon Smokey the Bear as a kind of ursine .
While she recounted the adventures of the ungrateful Goldilocks ransacking the home of three nonoffensive ursines, Valerie had the growing urge to burst out into hysterical laughter.