COON BEAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

Synonyms:

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; coon bear; giant panda; panda; panda bear

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Nouns denoting animals

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

procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

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

Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda (only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae)

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