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spectacled bear

spectacled bear noun: tremarctos ornatus, a species of small, short-faced bear native to South America.

spectacled bear: tremarctos ornatus, a species of small, short-faced bear native to South America
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Noun

spectacled bear (plural spectacled bears)

  1. Tremarctos ornatus, a species of small, short-faced bear native to South America.

spectacled bear meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Indonesian

spectacled bear in Tamil

கண்ணாடிக் கரடி

spectacled bear in Malayalam

Tremarctos ornatus
കണ്ണാടിക്കരടി kaṇṇāṭikkaraṭi

spectacled bear in Arabic

Tremarctos ornatus
دب أبو نظارة daba 'abu nizaratan

spectacled bear in Indonesian

Tremarctos ornatus
beruang berkacamata
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spectacled bear in Thai
หมีแว่น mĕe wâen

Forms of spectacled bear

pluralspectacled bears

Origin of spectacled bear

Since some specimens have spectacle-like markings on their faces.

Questions about spectacled bear

What does spectacled bear mean?
Spectacled bear means tremarctos ornatus, a species of small, short-faced bear native to South America.
What is spectacled bear in Tamil?
Spectacled bear in Tamil is கண்ணாடிக் கரடி. See Spectacled bear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spectacled bear?
Spectacled bear is a noun.
What is the plural of spectacled bear?
The plural of spectacled bear is spectacled bears.

Words near spectacled bear in the dictionary

  1. spectabulous
  2. spectacle
  3. spectacle case
  4. spectacle cases
  5. spectacled
  6. spectacled bear
  7. spectacled bears
  8. spectacled caiman
  9. spectacled caimans
  10. spectacled cobra
  11. spectacled cobras

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