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brown bear

/ˈbɹaʊn.bɛː(ɹ)/

brown bear noun: a species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos).

brown bear: a species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos)
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Noun

brown bear (plural brown bears)

  1. A species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos)

brown bear meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Nepali

brown bear in Tamil

பழுப்புக் கரடி

brown bear in Bengali

Ursus arctos
বাদামি ভাল্লুক badami bhalluk

brown bear in Malayalam

Ursus arctos
തവിട്ടുകരടി taviṭṭukaraṭi

brown bear in Nepali

Ursus arctos
खैरो भालु khairo bhālu
More languagesFewer languages
brown bear in Arabic
دُبّ أَسْمَر dubb ʔasmar
brown bear in Malay
beruang perang
brown bear in Thai
หมีสีน้ำตาล mĕe sĕe nám dtaan
brown bear in Vietnamese
gấu nâu
brown bear in Myanmar
ဝက်ဝံညို wak-wamnyui

Forms of brown bear

pluralbrown bears

Words formed from brown bear

Questions about brown bear

What does brown bear mean?
Brown bear means a species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos).
What is brown bear in Tamil?
Brown bear in Tamil is பழுப்புக் கரடி. See Brown bear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brown bear?
Brown bear is a noun.
How do you pronounce brown bear?
Brown bear is pronounced /ˈbɹaʊn.bɛː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of brown bear?
The plural of brown bear is brown bears.

Words near brown bear in the dictionary

  1. brown bastard
  2. brown bastards
  3. brown beaksedge
  4. brown bean
  5. brown beans
  6. brown bear
  7. brown bears
  8. brown bent
  9. brown bentgrass
  10. brown bents
  11. Brown Bess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brown bear (page history and authors); brown bear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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