SLOTH BEAR

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Meaning:

Common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia

Synonyms:

Melursus ursinus; sloth bear; Ursus ursinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Melursus; Melursus (sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)

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