AMERICAN BLACK BEAR

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 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)