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silvertip

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sil·ver·tip  (slvr-tp)
n.
See grizzly bear.
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Noun1.silvertip - powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North Americasilvertip - powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
grizzly, grizzly bear, silver-tip, Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus horribilis
brown bear, Ursus arctos, bruin - large ferocious bear of Eurasia
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I have hunted silvertips in the White Mountains of Arizona and thought them quite the largest and most formidable of big game; but from the appearance of the head of this awful creature I judged that the largest grizzly I had ever seen would shrink by comparison to the dimensions of a Newfoundland dog.
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