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Euarctos

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Euarctos

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ursidae, ↑family Ursidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑American black bear, ↑black bear, ↑Ursus americanus, ↑Euarctos americanus

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\\yüˈ(w)ärktəs, -ˌtäs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek arktos bear — more at arctic

in some classifications : a genus of bears comprising the American and sometimes the Asiatic black bears — compare selenarctos, ursus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.