Definitions For Dubb

Noun

DUBB (plural DUBBs) The eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos syriacus. : Synonym: Syrian bear, Syrian brown bear

See also

Dubhe {{pedia, Syrian Brown Bear}} {{specieslite, Ursus arctos syriacus}} {{R:commons, Ursus arctos syriacus}}

References

{{c, en, Ursids}}

Etymology

{{dercat, en, sem, sem-pro}} From {{bor, en, ar, دُبّ, t=bear}}. The Anglicization appears only rarely or ad hoc. One {{w, Richard Pockocke}} in 1738 reported that the dubber was seen only rarely in Egypt.Bernd Brunner, Bears: a brief history, Yale University Press, 2007, p. 73)