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AMERICAN 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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American 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 "American black bear"):
cinnamon bear (reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear)
Holonyms ("American black bear" is a member of...):
Euarctos; genus Euarctos (American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus)