1. of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) 2. suggesting or characteristic of a bear a lumbering ursine gait.

Ursine means to have bear-like qualities: big, furry, muscular, and lumbering. If you're using the word to describe a big, hulking football player it might be ...

Ursine definition: of or relating to a bear or bears.. See examples of URSINE used in a sentence.

URSINE meaning: 1. relating to or like bears 2. relating to or like bears. Learn more.

ursine in American English (ˈɜrˌsaɪn ; ˈɜrsɪn ) adjective of, like, or characteristic of a bear; bearlike

Loosely, Ursidae, members of the bear family (conventionally designated ursids) Following the taxonomic convention, Ursinae, the subfamily.

ursine adjective /ˈɜːsaɪn/ /ˈɜːrsaɪn/ [usually before noun] (specialist or literary) connected with bears; like a bear.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.

Ursine Definition ... Of, like, or characteristic of a bear; bearlike. ... (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.

[usually before noun] (technology or literary). jump to other results. connected with bears; like a bear. Want to learn more?