a powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
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a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America. This subspecies is thought to descend from Ussuri brown bears which crossed to Alaska from Eastern Russia 100,000 years ago, though they did not move south until ... (42 of 8303 words, 7 images)
large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 3 1/2 to ... (26 of 169 words)
traditional name given to brown bears of North America. Grizzly bears of the northern Rocky Mountains are classified as a subspecies, as are the huge ... (25 of 99 words)
a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent ... (23 of 58 words)
a brown bear that has brown fur tipped with white. Native to: northwestern North America. Latin name Ursus arctos horribilis. (20 of 47 words, pronunciation)
a very large brown bear found from the northwestern United States to Alaska —called also grizzly (16 of 26 words)
[taxonomy] A taxonomic subspecies within the species Ursus arctos — the grizzly bear. (12 of 25 words, 1 etymology)
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