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noun
The Eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos syriacus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Syrian bear, Syrian brown bear
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Arabic دُبّ (dubb, “bear”). The Anglicization appears only rarely or ad hoc. One Richard Pococke in 1738 reported that the dubber was seen only rarely in Egypt.
