ursus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ursus
    n 1: type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications
         genus Ursus includes all bears [syn: {Ursus}, {genus
         Ursus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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