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Answer for the clue "Describing Pooh or Yogi? ", 6 letters:
ursine

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ursine \Ur"sine\, a. [L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See Ursa .] Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear. Ursine baboon . (Zo["o]l.) See Chacma . Ursine dasyure (Zo["o]l.), the Tasmanian devil. Ursine howler (Zo["o]l.), the araguato. See Illust. under ...

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 ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears. 2 (context entomology of caterpillars English) Covered in stiff bristles.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or similar to bears

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.