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BRUIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large ferocious bear of Eurasia
Synonyms:
brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bruin" 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 "bruin"):
Syrian bear; Ursus arctos syriacus (yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear)
grizzly; grizzly bear; silver-tip; silvertip; Ursus arctos horribilis; Ursus horribilis (powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America)
Alaskan brown bear; Kodiak; Kodiak bear; Ursus arctos middendorffi; Ursus middendorffi (brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia)
Holonyms ("bruin" is a member of...):
genus Ursus; Ursus (type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic 'Reynard the Fox'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bruin" is a kind of...):
bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)
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