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brown bear

n.

Any of several large bears of the genus Ursus, such as the grizzly and Kodiak bears, inhabiting western North America and northern Eurasia and having brown to yellowish fur. Brown bears are sometimes categorized as the single species U. arctos.

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brown bear

Noun

a large ferocious brownish bear of N America, Europe and Asia

Thesaurus

Noun

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brown bear - large ferocious bear of Eurasia Ursus arctos, bruin bear - massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws genus Ursus, Ursus - type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears Syrian bear, Ursus arctos syriacus - yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear grizzly, grizzly bear, silver-tip, silvertip, Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus horribilis - powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus middendorffi, Kodiak - brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia