black bear
a medium-sized North American bear, Ursus (Euarctos) americanus, relatively common in uninhabited mountainous areas, ranging from light brown to black with a straight brown muzzle: northern populations may be gray to near-white.
Origin of black bear
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How to use black bear in a sentence
Then there was the black bear, which chased her, and an industrial pan of lasagna, down a wooden path.
Best Career Arc Ever: From Burlesque To Bartending | Anne Berry | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe décor included several pieces of taxidermy, including a massive stuffed black bear on the stage.
Political Tensions Takes Center Stage at World Economic Forum | Daniel Gross | January 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis time she threw wide open the door, and there stood a great black bear.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersBut those black stripes on the chipmunk's back show where the paw of the black bear touched him as he slipped into the tree.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersTwo fawns were killed during this afternoon's journey of twelve miles, and a black bear was seen.
To Jack and Fred he seemed fully four times the size of the largest black bear they had ever seen in any zoological garden.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisThe Falls were the only thing which the black bear really feared.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for black bear
American black bear a bear, Euarctos (or Ursus) americanus, inhabiting forests of North America. It is smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
Asiatic black bear a bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, of central and E Asia, whose coat is black with a pale V-shaped mark on the chest
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