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Melursus

noun

sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

• Syn: ↑genus Melursus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ursidae, ↑family Ursidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑sloth bear, ↑Melursus ursinus, ↑Ursus ursinus

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\\meˈlərsəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin mel honey + ursus bear — more at mellifluous, arctic

: a genus of large Asiatic mammals (family Ursidae) consisting of the sloth bear

Useful english dictionary. 2012.