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BLACK BEAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

Synonyms:

American black bear; black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black bear" is a kind of...):

bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black bear"):

cinnamon bear (reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear)

Holonyms ("black bear" is a member of...):

Euarctos; genus Euarctos (American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia

Synonyms:

Asiatic black bear; black bear; Selenarctos thibetanus; Ursus thibetanus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black bear" is a kind of...):

bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

Holonyms ("black bear" is a member of...):

genus Selenarctos; Selenarctos (Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

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