Deninger's bear

noun

Ursus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.

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Meanings

nounDeninger's bear (plural Deninger's bears)

plural Deninger's bears

  1. obsoleteUrsus deningeri, an extinct species of bear, endemic to Eurasia during the Pleistocene for approximately 1.7 million years, from 1.8 to 0.1 million years ago; it is the ancestor to the later cave bear.

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameUrsus deningeri
  2. EnglishDeninger's bear

Calque of taxonomic name Ursus deningeri; named in 1904 by the German paleontologist Wilhelm von Reichenau (1847–1925) after the German geologist and paleontologist Karl Deninger (1878–1917).

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Deninger's bear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Deninger's%20bear

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Deninger's bear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Deninger's%20bear.

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