Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

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  • proper noun younger son of Joseph, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel
  • proper noun a male given name
  • proper noun A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Etymologies

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Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim, "fruitful").

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  • A hunter's name for the grizzly bear, chained_bear.

    December 6, 2010