Ursus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ursus \Ur"sus\, n. [L., a bear.] (Zool.)
     A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Ursus
       n : type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications
           genus Ursus includes all bears [syn: {genus Ursus}]