URSUS AMERICANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ursus americanus mean? 

• URSUS AMERICANUS (noun)
  The noun URSUS AMERICANUS has 1 sense:

1. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

  Familiarity information: URSUS AMERICANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URSUS AMERICANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American black bear; black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus

Hypernyms ("Ursus americanus" is a kind of...):

bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ursus americanus"):

cinnamon bear (reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear)

Holonyms ("Ursus americanus" is a member of...):

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