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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A large, white-furred bear (Ursus maritimus or Thalarctos maritimus) living in Arctic regions. Also called white bear.

Wiktionary

  1. n. zoology A very large bear found in the Arctic Circle, white in appearance and very furry.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Zoöl.) a large bear (Ursus maritimus syn. Thalarctos maritimus) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also White bear. See Bear.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. white bear of Arctic regions

Examples

  • “Zabrinski, the polar bear with the red face, grinned, fished out a pack of cigarettes and passed them around.”

    Ice Station Zebra

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. northern bear
  1. ice bear
  1. white bear
  1. sea bear

hypernyms (1)

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  1. bear

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  1. ursus
  1. sea-bear
  1. thalassarctos
  1. white bear
  1. polar
  1. cynosure
  1. dun

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  • chained_bear "Meet the King of the Arctic.
    Polar Bear Expeditions to Churchill, Manitoba.
    From $4,595."
    —Ad on this page Mar 3, 2009

  • bilby Hang the gringo, I thought I'd explicitly requested una marsupial con las orejas de cuero for the next instalment of the highly-acclaimed reality drama, Sionnach's Sunny Sunday Sketch Scatacular. Please explain. Mar 3, 2009

  • sionnach bill-bee! You are anticipating next weekend's confectionery diorama!!!!! Mar 3, 2009

  • bilby "Q: How do you trap a polar bear?
    A: You cut a hole in the ice. Line it with peas. When the bear bends over to take a pee, you kick him in the icehole."
    - email joke. Mar 3, 2009

  • uselessness See uncanny valley. The more realistic they get, the freakier they become. Dec 17, 2007

  • sionnach Why are their faces so weird in the movie "The Polar express"? What was wrong with their regular faces that necessitated some kind of half-assed animation effect which served only to make everyone look mentally retarded?

    Just curious.

    These questions relate more to Tom Hanks and the solemn moppet-brat than to, um, polar bears. Dec 17, 2007

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