ursine
Of the bruin
Ursine means of or relating to bears, or resembling a bear in appearance or manner.
The word appears in scientific contexts describing bear species and behavior, and figuratively for people with bearish qualities—large, lumbering, or heavily built: His ursine frame filled the doorway.
Large brown bear subspecies
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- pandaMonochrome Chinese bear
- bruinFabled brown bear
- black bearDark-furred North American ursine
brown bear · spectacled · sloth bear · sun bear · mammal · carnivore · omnivore · plantigrade
Of or like mothers
- cubYoung wild mammal
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- territorialDefensive about owned space
fierce · nurturing · watchful · sow · vigilant · sheltering · devoted
Private room or lair
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- dormancySuspended biological activity
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
fat reserves · lethargy · seasonal · slumber · inactive · burrow · emergence · awakening
Tree-dense ecosystem
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- woodlandForested land area
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
salmon · foraging · predator · ecosystem · habitat · national park · tracking · endangered
grizzly
Large brown bear subspecies
black bear · brown bear · spectacled · sloth bear · sun bear · mammal · carnivore · omnivore · plantigrade · snout
maternal
Of or like mothers
territorial · fierce · nurturing · watchful · sow · vigilant · sheltering · devoted
den
Private room or lair
metabolism · fat reserves · lethargy · seasonal · slumber · inactive · burrow · emergence · awakening · slowdown
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
wilderness · salmon · foraging · predator · ecosystem · habitat · national park · tracking · endangered · fauna
powerful
Having great strength
burly · brawny · stocky · formidable · mighty · sturdy · massive · imposing · heavyweight · barrel-chested
canine
Of or like dogs
equine · simian · porcine · ovine · murine · leonine · taurine · caprine · vulpine · aquiline
- biology termscell, DNA, genetics, genetic, evolution
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- Bearsbear, bears, grizzly bear, brown bear, black bear