Definitions for black bear
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
black′ bear′(n.)
a medium-sized North American bear, Ursus (Euarctos) americanus, of wooded areas, ranging from gray to black and having a straight brown muzzle.
Category: Mammals
Origin of black bear:
1735–45
Princeton's WordNet
Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus(noun)
bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus(noun)
brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
Wiktionary
black bear(Noun)
The American black bear, Ursus americanus, indigenous to North America.
black bear(Noun)
Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus.
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