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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large extinct bear (Ursus spelaeus) of the Pleistocene Epoch. Most fossils have been found in caves in Europe.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fossil bear, Ursus spelæus; of the Quaternary epoch, contemporary with man in the caves of Europe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A large extinct species of bear, Ursus spelaeus.

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