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grizzly bear

grizzly bear noun: a large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear.

grizzly bear: a large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear
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Noun

grizzly bear (plural grizzly bears)

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

grizzly bear meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

grizzly bear in Hindi

Ursus arctos horribilis
भूरा भालू bhūrā bhālū

grizzly bear in Tamil

கொடுங்கரடி, சாம்பற்கரடி

grizzly bear in Urdu

Ursus arctos horribilis
بھُورا بھالُو bhūrā bhālū

grizzly bear in Arabic

Ursus arctos horribilis
دُبّ أَشْهَب dubb ʔašhab, دُبَّة شَهْبَاء
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grizzly bear in Thai
หมีกริซลีย์ mĕe grìsálee

Synonyms of grizzly bear

Forms of grizzly bear

pluralgrizzly bears

Words formed from grizzly bear

Questions about grizzly bear

What does grizzly bear mean?
Grizzly bear means a large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear.
What is grizzly bear in Hindi?
Grizzly bear in Hindi is भूरा भालू (bhūrā bhālū). See Grizzly bear meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is grizzly bear?
Grizzly bear is a noun.
What is the plural of grizzly bear?
The plural of grizzly bear is grizzly bears.

Words near grizzly bear in the dictionary

  1. grizzliest
  2. grizzliness
  3. grizzling
  4. grizzlings
  5. grizzly
  6. grizzly bear
  7. grizzly bears
  8. Grizzly Flats
  9. grizzlyman
  10. grizzlymen
  11. Grk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grizzly bear (page history and authors); grizzly 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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