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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ursus \Ur"sus\, n. [L., a bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Wikipedia
Ursus may refer to:
- Bear, in Latin ursus
- Ursus (film character), a fictional character in a series of 1960's Italian adventure films
- Ursus (praefectus urbi), praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415-416
- Ursus (genus), a genus of bears
- Ursus (journal), a scientific journal published by the International Association for Bear Research and Management
- Ursus (beer), a Romanian beer
- Ursus (vodka), an Icelandic vodka
- Ursus, Warsaw, a borough of Warsaw, Poland
- Ursus Tractor Factory, Poland
- Ursus A, a series of Polish lorries and buses from the 1920s.
- Samochód pancerny wz. 29, Polif armoder car year 1929 model
- Saint Ursus (disambiguation), the name of several Christian saints
- Reimarus Ursus (16th-century), an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Rudolf II
- General Ursus (Planet of the Apes), a gorilla character in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Ursus, the bodyguard of Ligia, a minor character in the novel Quo Vadis
- Ursus, a character in Victor Hugo's novel The Man Who Laughs
- Ursus (film), 1961 Italian film
- Ursus of Solothurn (died 286), 3rd-century Roman Christian venerated as a saint
- Ursus of Auxerre (died 508), bishop of that city in the 6th century
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae ( bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.
Ursus Vodka is a vodka of Icelandic origin that was made in Hoorn, Netherlands until 2006.
The recipe was developed by a traditional Icelandic distiller family in the early twentieth century. Since 1995 it was distilled and bottled by Distilley De Hoorn BV in Hoorn in the Netherlands. Ursus Vodka was distributed by Ursus Vodka Company NV. In 2004 the brand Ursus was taken over by Diageo where it is produced today.
Besides Ursus Vodka, Distillery De Hoorn BV produced Ursus Roter, Ursus Lemon and Ursus Blackcurrant.
In Ursus was the main sponsor of the Pacific Formula One team, and the brand continued its sponsorship into .
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Ursus (floruit 415-416) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415-416.
Ursus (also known as Mighty Ursus) is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. The film was later adapted for the American television film package, The Sons of Hercules, where it was retitled "Ursus, Son of Hercules" (although Ursus was not at all related to Hercules in the original Italian version). It was released in France as Le fureur d'Hercule (The Fury of Hercules). "The Mighty Ursus" was originally released in the US on a double bill with "Jack, the Giant Killer" (1962) before being sold to television in the U.S.
Filmed in Madrid in 1960 and released in several countries in 1961/ 1962, this movie stars bodybuilder Ed Fury as the legendary Ursus, and Moira Orfei as the evil queen Attea, in a sword-and-sandal adventure. Ed Fury is the actor most associated with the Ursus series, although he only played him in three of the nine films. The film is rife with villains, in the true peplum tradition, including Moira Orfei as the evil queen, Luis Prendes as the smarmy Setas, and Rafael Luis Calvo as Mok, the grand vizier.
A young Soledad Miranda plays the beautiful virgin Fillide who is to be sacrificed at the end of the film. Miranda was later "discovered" by Spanish horror film director Jesus Franco who used her in a number of his 1969-1970 productions, beginning with his 1969 opus Count Dracula. (She was killed in a tragic car accident in 1970).
Ursus is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all topics about or related to bears. It is published by the International Association for Bear Research and Management.
Usage examples of "ursus".
As the bullroarer symbolized and imitated the roar of the cave bear in physical form, the flute was the sound of the spiritual voice of Ursus.
I did ask my totem, and the spirit of Ursus, the Great Cave Bear, to help him find his way.
Creb said I was put in her path by the spirit of Ursus, or maybe the Cave Lion spirit, because no one else would have stopped for me.
He made formalized gestures asking Ursus for assistance, then cleared his mind of all thoughts except for the babies who needed to know their totems.
Marcus whined as they trudged along Hadrian's Wall, fruitlessly trying to keep pace with Ursus.
I don't think it was Ursus or the Roe Deer that started Ayla's baby.
Ursus Spelaeus, the cave bear, massive vegetarian towering over his omnivorous cousins by nearly twice their standing height, with a gigantic shaggy bulk of three times their weight, the largest bear ever known, was normally slow to anger.
If I were to be pawed and chewed--and this seemed to me entirely possible, the more I read--it would be by a black bear, Ursus americanus.
The noon rush was over, but one could still order a bearburger - not related to Ursus americanus but simply the best ground beef sandwich in the country.
One, Anna was sure, was a bad case of selective memory brought on by a prejudice in favor of Ursus horribilis.
Clark expedition, (excluding, of course, anomalous days such as their first encounters with Ursus horribilis &.