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sloth bears

sloth bears is the plural of sloth bear.

Meaning of sloth bear

Noun

sloth bear (plural sloth bears)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    lip bear, ursiform sloth

Questions about sloth bears

What is sloth bears the plural of?
Sloth bears is the plural of sloth bear.

Words near sloth bears in the dictionary

  1. slotcar
  2. slotcars
  3. slotch
  4. sloth
  5. sloth bear
  6. sloth bears
  7. slothed
  8. slothen
  9. slothful
  10. slothfull
  11. slothfully

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