polar bear


noun
  1. a large white bear, Ursus maritimus, of the Arctic regions.

Origin of polar bear

1
First recorded in 1775–85

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British Dictionary definitions for polar bear

polar bear

noun
  1. a white carnivorous bear, Thalarctos maritimus, of coastal regions of the North Pole

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