cave bear
n. bear which lives in caverns, large animal which lives in caves | ||||
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Cave bear Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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cave bear
cave bear
(zo?l.), a very large fossil bear (ursus spel?us) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in european caves...
see also cave
cave bear
(zo?l.), a very large fossil bear (ursus spel?us) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in european caves...
see also cave
Cave bear Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cave bear
The Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a species of bear which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the end of the last ice age about 20,000 years ago. Both the name Cave Bear and the scientific name spelaeus derive from the fact that fossils of this species were mostly found in caves, indicating that this species spent more time in caves than the Brown Bear, which only uses caves for hibernation. Consequently, in the course of time, whole layers of bones, almost entirely those of cave bears, were found in many caves.
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