"cave bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cave bears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cave bear (plural cave bears)
  1. A large extinct species of bear, †Ursus spelaeus. Categories (lifeform): Ursids Translations (Ursus spelaeus): hulebjørn [common-gender] (Danish), holenbeer [masculine] (Dutch), grottenbeer [masculine] (Dutch), luolakarhu (Finnish), ours des cavernes [masculine] (French), Höhlenbär [masculine] (German), orso delle caverne [feminine] (Italian), hulebjørn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hulebjørn [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), пеще́рный медве́дь (peščérnyj medvédʹ) [masculine] (Russian), oso cavernario [masculine] (Spanish), grottbjörn [common-gender] (Swedish)

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