sloth bear
sloth bear noun: any member of the species Melursus ursinus of nocturnal bears, native to South Asia.
Noun
sloth bear (plural sloth bears)
- Any member of the species Melursus ursinus of nocturnal bears, native to South Asia.
- More people in India are killed by sloth bears than by tigers.2002, Andrew M. McDearmid, Heart of a Hunter: Big Game Hunting, page 145
- As in other species of wild bears, sloth bears are most likely to die young, especially during the first few months after they have left their mothers.2002, Bernard Stonehouse, A Visual Introduction to Bears, page 31
- Synonyms:
- lip bear, ursiform sloth
sloth bear meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sloth bear in Hindi
- Melursus ursinus
- भालु bhālu
sloth bear in Tamil
- Melursus ursinus
- தேன் கரடி tēṉ karaṭi
sloth bear in Marathi
- Melursus ursinus
- अस्वल asval
sloth bear in Urdu
- Melursus ursinus
- بھالو bhālū
More languagesFewer languages
- sloth bear in Bengali
- শ্লথ ভালুক
- sloth bear in Telugu
- ఎలుగుబంటి elugubaṇṭi
- sloth bear in Malayalam
- തേൻകരടി tēṉkaraṭi
- sloth bear in Kannada
- ಕರಡಿ karaḍi
- sloth bear in Gujarati
- રીંછ rī̃ch
- sloth bear in Odia
- ଭାଲୁ bhālu
- sloth bear in Sanskrit
- ऋक्ष ṛkṣa
- sloth bear in Sinhala
- වලසා walasā
- sloth bear in Assamese
- মাটি ভালুক mati bhaluk
- sloth bear in Nepali
- काठे भालु kāṭhe bhālu
- sloth bear in Vietnamese
- gấu lợn
- sloth bear in Myanmar
- နှုတ်သီးရှည်ဝက်ဝံ hnutsi:hranywak-wam
Synonyms of sloth bear
- lip bear
- ursiform sloth
Forms of sloth bear
| plural | sloth bears |
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Questions about sloth bear
- What does sloth bear mean?
- Sloth bear means any member of the species Melursus ursinus of nocturnal bears, native to South Asia.
- What is sloth bear in Hindi?
- Sloth bear in Hindi is भालु (bhālu). See Sloth bear meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sloth bear?
- Sloth bear is a noun.
- What is the plural of sloth bear?
- The plural of sloth bear is sloth bears.
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