noun
common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
• Syn: ↑Melursus ursinus, ↑Ursus ursinus
• Hypernyms: ↑bear
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melursus, ↑genus Melursus
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noun : a common bear (Melursus labiatus) of India and Ceylon that has long black hair and very large claws, a brownish muzzle, a white V-shaped mark on the breast, a long snout, and very mobile tongue and lips, that differs from ordinary bears in having very small molars and 4 instead of 6 upper incisors, and that feeds on fruit, insects, and honey
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a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
[1825-35]
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sloth bear noun
A black Indian bear (Melursus ursinus), with a long snout
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Main Entry: ↑sloth
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sloth bear,
a long-haired bear of India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
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n. a shaggy-coated nocturnal Indian bear that uses its long curved claws for hanging upside down like a sloth and for opening termite mounds to feed on the insects. ● Melursus ursinus, family Ursidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.