Dog-bear

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  1. 1
    An extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.

    "The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids)."

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"The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids)."

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