": a constellation that includes the north pole of the heavens and the stars which form the Little Dipper with the North Star at the tip of the handle":[]
": a constellation that is the most conspicuous of the northern constellations, is situated near the north pole of the heavens, and contains the stars forming the Big Dipper two of which are in a line indicating the direction of the North Star":[]
": a family of large powerful plantigrade carnivores including the bears and extinct related forms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"New Latin, from Ursus , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183648"
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"ursiform":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": having the shape of a bear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin urs us bear + English -iform":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233059"
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"Ursa Minor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a constellation that includes the north pole of the heavens and the stars which form the Little Dipper with the North Star at the tip of the handle":[]
": a constellation that is the most conspicuous of the northern constellations, is situated near the north pole of the heavens, and contains the stars forming the Big Dipper two of which are in a line indicating the direction of the North Star":[]
": a message broadcast by radio or otherwise giving scientific data (as on terrestrial magnetism, radio transmission, or sunspots)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259\u02ccgram"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary ursi- (from French U nion R adiophonique S cientifique I nternationale, organization which inaugurated the broadcast in 1930) + -gram":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005515"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)":[],
": suggesting or characteristic of a bear":[
"a lumbering ursine gait"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-\u02ccs\u012bn"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And now that Paddington will step furry foot on stage, there is simply no excuse for another big stage \u2014 the Oscars \u2014 to continue ignoring the most important ursine entertainer of our time. \u2014 Marc Snetiker, EW.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
"While some welcome the ursine renaissance, others suffer from it. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
"His Twitter account Mondo Mascots functions as an English-language bestiary of fantastical characters, from Abeno Bear (the cloud-eating ursine representative of an Osaka skyscraper) to Zag-chan (the mascot of the Zagzag pharmacy chain). \u2014 Corinne Purtill, Quartzy , 8 June 2019",
"Others will carry a bear canister, such as the BearVault BV500 to help keep ursine intruders at bay. \u2014 Kraig Becker, Popular Mechanics , 2 Apr. 2019",
"Its cuddly ursine protagonist (innocently voiced by Ben Whishaw) goes down like a warm cup of tea on a blustery day. \u2014 Eliza Berman, Time , 4 June 2018",
"Navigating a course that included over 18,000 feet of elevation gain, a dangerous river crossing, and an ursine surprise, Walmsley somehow managed to average 8 minutes and 40 seconds per mile\u2026 over 100 miles. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 29 June 2018",
"In some ways, the bear was like her ursine brother. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 2 June 2018",
"Constantin, an amiable, ursine fellow just a month shy of his 50th birthday, sits in his football office. \u2014 John Walters, Newsweek , 26 Oct. 2014"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ursinus , from ursus bear \u2014 more at arctic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044851"
},
"ursine baboon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": chacma":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081816"
},
"ursine dasyure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tasmanian devil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122318"
},
"ursine howler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": howler monkey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133436"
},
"Ursus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Ursidae) of bears held by some authorities to include all recent bears except the sloth bear and restricted by others to the European brown bear and immediately related forms or subdivided in various ways \u2014 compare selenarctos , thalarctos":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259rs\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, bear":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151859"
},
"ursine seal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": fur seal sense b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191254"
},
"ursinia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of annual or perennial southern African herbs or subshrubs (family Compositae) used as ornamentals with usually yellow flowers and fruit with a white enlarged pappus":[],
": any plant of the genus Ursinia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259r\u02c8sin\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Johann Heinrich Ursinus (Latinization of German B\u00e4r ) \u20201667 German theologian + New Latin -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195644"
},
"ursoid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling a bear or that of a bear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r\u02ccs\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin urs us bear + English -oid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202705"
},
"Ursuline":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259r-s\u0259-l\u0259n",
"-\u02ccl\u0113n",
"-\u02ccl\u012bn"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Ursulina , from Ursula St. Ursula, legendary Christian martyr":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1693, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204021"
},
"Ursula butterfly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": red-spotted purple":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259rs\u0259l\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Ursula , feminine name":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204613"
},
"ursolic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline triterpenoid acid C 30 H 48 O 3 found in various especially ericaceous plants (as the bearberry)":[]
