"Etruscan bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Etruscan bears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Etruscan bear (plural Etruscan bears)
  1. An extinct species of bear, †Ursus etruscus, endemic to Europe, Asia and North Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene (approximately 5.3 million to 100,000 years ago). Categories (lifeform): Ursids Translations (extinct species of bear): ours étrusque [masculine] (French), orso etrusco [masculine] (Italian)

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