The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ursus \Ur"sus\, n. [L., a bear.] (Zool.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ursus n 1: type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears [syn: Ursus, genus Ursus]