AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does American black bear mean? • AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (noun)
The noun AMERICAN BLACK BEAR has 1 sense:
1. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
Familiarity information: AMERICAN BLACK BEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (noun)
Meaning:
Brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus; black bear
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)
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