dubb

English

Etymology

From Arabic دُبّ‎ (dubb, “bull”), from Proto-Semitic. The anglicization appears only rarely or ad hoc. One Richard Pockocke in 1738 reported that the dubber was seen only rarely in Egypt.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dubb (plural dubbs)

  1. The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

See also

References
  1. Bernd Brunner, Bears: a brief history, Yale University Press, 2007, p. 73)
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