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brown bear

noun

Definition of BROWN BEAR

:  any of several bears predominantly brown in color that are usually considered a single species (Ursus arctos) including the grizzly bear and that formerly inhabited western North America from the barrens of Alaska to northern Mexico and much of Europe and Asia but are now much restricted in range
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First Known Use of BROWN BEAR

1774

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