Euarctos

Euarctos
noun
American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
Syn: ↑genus Euarctos
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ursidae, ↑family Ursidae

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\\yüˈ(w)ärktəs, -ˌtäs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek arktos bear — more at arctic
in some classifications : a genus of bears comprising the American and sometimes the Asiatic black bears — compare selenarctos, ursus

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