Usually means: Large omnivorous North American mammal.
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  1. black bear: Merriam-Webster
  2. black bear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. black bear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. black bear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. black bear: Vocabulary.com
  6. black bear: Wordnik
  7. black bear: Wiktionary
  8. black bear: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. black bear: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Black bear, black bear: Dictionary.com
  11. Black Bear (band), Black Bear (film), Black bear (disambiguation), Black bear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Black bear: Rhymezone
  13. black bear: FreeDictionary.org
  14. black bear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. black bear: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. black bear: Encyclopedia

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  1. black bear: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (black bear)

▸ noun:  An American black bear, Ursus americanus, indigenous to North America.
▸ noun:  An Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus.

Similar:
American black bear, asiatic black bear, euarctos americanus, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus americanus, ursus thibetanus, brown bear, grizzly bear, Louisiana black bear, American badger, more...

Opposite:
brown bear, grizzly bear, polar bear

Types:
Americblack bear, Asiatic black bear, Sloth bear, Sun bear, Spectacled bear, more...

Phrases:
American black bear, asiatic black bear, Asian black bear, Himalayan black bear, Black Bear Pictures, more...

Adjectives:
camel, pantherine, feline, lion, kangaroo, wildcat, ermine, sable, ursine, tragelaphine, callow

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Similar:
American black bear, asiatic black bear, euarctos americanus, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus americanus, ursus thibetanus, brown bear, grizzly bear, Louisiana black bear, American badger, more...

Opposite:
brown bear, grizzly bear, polar bear

Types:
Americblack bear, Asiatic black bear, Sloth bear, Sun bear, Spectacled bear, more...

Phrases:
American black bear, asiatic black bear, Asian black bear, Himalayan black bear, Black Bear Pictures, Florida black bear, Japanese black bear, Formosan black bear, Black Bear Ranch, Black Bear Diner, more...

Adjectives:
camel, pantherine, feline, lion, kangaroo, wildcat, ermine, sable, ursine, tragelaphine, callow



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