polar bear

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English

A polar bear

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).

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Noun

polar bear (plural polar bears)

  1. A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.

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