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A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. The adjective "ursine" is used to describe things of a bear-like nature.
Etymology
Modern English "bear" derives from Old English "bera", which itself derives from Proto-Germanic "*beron" meaning "the brown one" (Compare Old Norse "björn", Dutch "beer" and German "Bär" all meaning "bear")
Both Greek ("arktos") and Latin ("ursus") have retained the Proto-Indo-European root word for "bear" ("*rtko") but it was ritually replaced in the northern branches of the Indo-European languages (The Germanic, Baltic, Celtic and Slavic branches) because of the hunters' taboo on the names of wild animals. For example the Irish word for "bear" translated means "the good calf", in Welsh it translates as "honey-pig" in Lithuanian it means "the licker" and Russian "Медвежьи" literally says "honey-eater".
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AC_Sports (Associated Content) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:53:00 -0000
AC Sports: Vikings Vs. Bears Score Finally Favors Bears in OT http://bit.ly/5Dt7R2 #AC #sports
Mauu RT @graaace: gummy bears
eugeniainez (eugenia inez) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:52:53 -0000
Mauu RT @graaace: gummy bears
@minarets Yeah, as a Bears fan, i disliked him when he was a Packer but this new 'retire, come back, retire, come back' stuff is despicable!
delyea (David Elyea) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:52:15 -0000
@minarets Yeah, as a Bears fan, i disliked him when he was a Packer but this new 'retire, come back, retire, come back' stuff is despicable!
@ADwanyen tampa bay is the worst team in the NFL...lmao the bears actually won a few games this year. LMAO
52los42 (D'Angelos Svenkeson) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:52:02 -0000
@ADwanyen tampa bay is the worst team in the NFL...lmao the bears actually won a few games this year. LMAO
@ShawnRyanTV My delay of the Bears win was about two hours!
EMOTHERS (ED MOTHERSHED) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:51:58 -0000
@ShawnRyanTV My delay of the Bears win was about two hours!
The Vikingsâ problems started in Arizona: Following their 36-30 overtime loss to the Bears on Monday night, th.. http://bit.ly/70TqhW
TheScoresReport (The Scores Report) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:51:58 -0000
The Vikings’ problems started in Arizona: Following their 36-30 overtime loss to the Bears on Monday night, th.. http://bit.ly/70TqhW
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