Grizzly bear Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
    silver-tip; grizzly; silvertip; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.

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  1. (Zoöl.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.

Webster 1913