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ˈursal, a.
[f. L. urs-a or urs-us bear + -al1.]
Resembling a bear in disposition or characteristic features; hence fig., bearish. (Cf. ursine a. 3.)
1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 201 The subsequent encouragement of these ursal authorities was generally referable to military commanders. 1840tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 100 The Otaries [include]..The Ursal..(Arctocephalus ursinus..)—Eight feet long, no mane, varying from brown to whitish. 1848Maunder Treas. Nat. Hist. 718/2 Ursal, [applied to] a species of Seal,..It is said to be..most pugnacious and ferocious. |