Ursa

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name of two constellations, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Great and the Little Bear.
    • Word Usage
    "Weirdly, Jon and I were talking about the etymology of the German word for bear this morning, and how it comes from the word for brown, instead of the latin root ursus or ursa."
    Cross Reference
    Ursa Minor    Ursa Major   
     
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