Definition of "ursine" in English

adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.

   • […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda.

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

   • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, https://books.google.ca/books?id=bFKrwj73REIC&pg=PA37

3. (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.

noun

1. (zoology) A bear.