'Cave bear' definitions:

Definition of 'Cave bear'

From: GCIDE
  • Cave \Cave\ (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage.]
  • 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in
  • 1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Cave bear (Zool.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus spel[ae]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves.
  • Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. --Tylor.
  • Cave hyena (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena.
  • Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion.
  • Bone cave. See under Bone. [1913 Webster]