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Selenarctos

noun

Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

• Syn: ↑genus Selenarctos

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ursidae, ↑family Ursidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Asiatic black bear, ↑black bear, ↑Ursus thibetanus, ↑Selenarctos thibetanus

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\\ˌselə̇nˈärktəs, -ˌtäs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from selen- (I) + Greek arktos bear — more at arctic

: a genus of mammals (family Ursidae) that includes the Asiatic black bear and is often regarded as indistinguishable from Ursus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.