GENUS EUARCTOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Euarctos mean? 

• GENUS EUARCTOS (noun)
  The noun GENUS EUARCTOS has 1 sense:

1. American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

  Familiarity information: GENUS EUARCTOS used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS EUARCTOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euarctos; genus Euarctos

Hypernyms ("genus Euarctos" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Euarctos"):

American black bear; black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus (brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear)

Holonyms ("genus Euarctos" is a member of...):

family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)