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EUARCTOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Euarctos; genus Euarctos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Euarctos" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Euarctos"):

American black bear; black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus (brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear)

Holonyms ("Euarctos" is a member of...):

family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)

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