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dubb

The English word “dubb” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The Eurasian brown bear Ursus arctos syriacus.

Etymology

From Arabic دُبّ (dubb, “bear”). The Anglicization appears only rarely or ad hoc. One Richard Pococke in 1738 reported that the dubber was seen only rarely in Egypt.

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