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Meaning of dog-bear | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.

Examples

“The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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