The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b["a]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.]
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(Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
Note: The European brown bear ( Ursus arctos), the white polar bear ( Ursus maritimus), the grizzly bear ( Ursus horribilis), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear ( Ursus Americanus), the Syrian bear ( Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species.
(Zo["o]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
(Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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(Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up.
(Mach.) A portable punching machine.
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(Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. Australian bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Koala. Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. Bear caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. Bear garden.
A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting.
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Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.
--M. Arnold.Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.
Ursa \Ur"sa\, n. [L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. Arctic.] (Astron.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
Ursa Major [L.], the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star.
Ursa Minor [L.], the Little Bear, the constellation nearest the north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar, which is situated in the extremity of the tail.
Wikipedia
Ursa Major (also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (second century AD), it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It can be visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. Its name, Latin for "the greater (or larger) she-bear", stands as a reference to and in direct contrast with Ursa Minor, "the smaller she-bear", with which it is frequently associated in mythology and amateur astronomy. The constellation's most recognizable asterism, a group of seven relatively bright stars commonly known as the " Big Dipper", "the Wagon" or "the Plough" (among others), both mimics the shape of the lesser bear (the "Little Dipper") and is commonly used as a navigational pointer towards the current northern pole star, Polaris in Ursa Minor. The Big Dipper and the constellation as a whole have mythological significance in numerous world cultures, usually as a symbol of the north.
The third largest constellation in the sky, Ursa Major is home to many deep-sky objects including seven Messier objects, four other NGC objects and I Zwicky 18, which is potentially the youngest known galaxy in the visible universe.
Ursa Major (Mikhail Uriokovitch Ursus) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers.
Ursa Major is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on August 18, 2009 on the group's own Mega Collider label, Ursa Major was the group's first studio album in over six years. The first single from the album was "Don't Believe a Word", which debuted on the radio June 5, 2009.
Ursa Major (Latin 'great bear') is an area of the sky, a constellation.
Ursa Major may also refer to:
- Big Dipper, a pattern of stars (an asterism) within the constellation
- Ursa Major (album), by Third Eye Blind
- Ursa Major (comics), a fictional character
- Ursa Major (excavator), a piece of mining equipment
- Ursa Major (sculpture), by William Underhill
- Ursa Major (musician), a recording artist from Toronto, ON, Canada
The Ursa Major is the largest dragline excavator currently in use in North America. Its bucket is 160 cubic yards, and it has a 360-foot boom. It weighs a little less than 15 million pounds.
Ursa Major is a public art work by artist William Underhill located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The trapezoidal abstract sculpture is made of Cor-Ten steel; it is installed on the lawn.
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Ursa Major is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 大熊座 (dà xióng zuò), meaning "the big bear constellation".
Usage examples of "ursa major".
Contact, via blink-stat, to be made with His Honor, the First Leader of Ursa Major Sector.
It was immediately recognizable as the heavenly constellation of Ursa Major, better known to friend and foe alike as The Plough.
The whole universe burned with pain, from the Pavo Indus to the Ursa Major Cloud of galaxies.
Then this is Ursa Major or the Big Bear pointing toward the North Star, the one star that appears never to move.
He stopped to let the students check the positions of these three important stars, and identify their constellations: Navi in Cassiopeia, Dnoces at the far tip of Ursa Major, and Regor to the south in Vela.
He looked up and was pleased to see the dented circle of the shaft door tumbling rapidly in the direction of Ursa Major, right in the middle of the star-filled circle.
Knowing not a word of their language, he used a minimum of gestures to indicate the sky, the darkness of night and the stars which formed the Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
Saturn would naturally be assigned what you call Ursa Major, or—.
The star of Ursa Major was no longer in the ascendant, and he was bartered away, with the master of the first merchant vessel we met, for a couple of game-cocks.
Saturn would naturally be assigned what you call Ursa Major, or&mdash.
Saturn would naturally be assigned what you call Ursa Major, or-“.