polar bear
polar bear noun: a white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
Noun
polar bear (plural polar bears)
- A white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
- Synonyms:
- arctic bear, ice bear, northern bear, sea bear, white bear, Ursus maritimus
polar bear meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
polar bear in Hindi
- Ursus maritimus
- ध्रुवीय भालू dhruvīya bhālū
polar bear in Tamil
- Ursus maritimus
- துருவக் கரடி turuvak karaṭi
polar bear in Urdu
- Ursus maritimus
- قطبی بھالو qutbī bhālū
polar bear in Bengali
- polar bear
- মেরু ভাল্লুক meru bhalluk, মেরু ভালুক meru bhaluk
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- polar bear in Kannada
- ಹಿಮಕರಡಿ
- polar bear in Gujarati
- ધ્રુવીય રીંછ dhruvīya rī̃ch
- polar bear in Assamese
- বগা ভালুক boga bhaluk
- polar bear in Arabic
- دُبّ أَبْيَض dubb ʔabyaḍ, دُبَّة بَيْضَاء, دُبّ قُطْبِيّ dubb quṭbiyy, دُبَّة قُطْبِيَّة
- polar bear in Malay
- beruang kutub
- polar bear in Indonesian
- beruang kutub
- polar bear in Persian
- خرس قطبی xers-e qotbi
- polar bear in Thai
- หมีขั้วโลก mǐi-kûua-lôok, หมีขาว mǐi-kǎao
- polar bear in Vietnamese
- gấu trắng Bắc Cực, gấu Bắc Cực, gấu trắng
- polar bear in Myanmar
- ဝင်ရိုးစွန်းဝက်ဝံ wang-rui:cwan:wak-wam
Synonyms of polar bear
- arctic bear
- ice bear
- northern bear
- sea bear
- white bear
- Ursus maritimus
Forms of polar bear
| plural | polar bears |
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Origin of polar bear
Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).
Words formed from polar bear
Questions about polar bear
- What does polar bear mean?
- Polar bear means a white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
- What is polar bear in Hindi?
- Polar bear in Hindi is ध्रुवीय भालू (dhruvīya bhālū). See Polar bear meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polar bear?
- Polar bear is a noun.
- What is the plural of polar bear?
- The plural of polar bear is polar bears.
Words near polar bear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polar bear (page history and authors); মেরু ভালুক (Bengali) (page history and authors); polar bear (Kannada 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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