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grissly bear

grissly bear is the obsolete form of grizzly bear.

Meaning of grizzly bear

Noun

grizzly bear (plural grizzly bears)

  1. A large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear.
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    Synonyms:
    Ephraim
  2. A dance of the early twentieth century in which dancers mimicked the movements of grizzly bears.

Forms of grissly bear

pluralgrissly bears

Questions about grissly bear

What is grissly bear the obsolete form of?
Grissly bear is the obsolete form of grizzly bear.

Words near grissly bear in the dictionary

  1. Grissetts
  2. Grissinger
  3. Grissingers
  4. grissini
  5. grissino
  6. grissly bear
  7. grissly bears
  8. Grissom
  9. Grissoms
  10. grist
  11. grist for the mill

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