Bruin
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noun.
A bear.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A name given to the bear.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
a
folk
name
for a
bear
, especially the
brown bear
,
Ursus arctos
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
large ferocious bear of Eurasia
noun.
a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
Word Usage
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Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
bear
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Menuhin
ruin
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bear