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ursine
UR-sain
adjective
bear-like; like a bear
1987Charles WillefordSideswipeSneider was a hairy, ursine man, who had grown a bushy black beard…1989S. Andrew SwannForests of the NightThe other was a dark brown, nearly black ursine that couldn't quite stand upright even with the relatively high ceiling.

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