English noun: bruin |
1. | bruin (animal) a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bear |
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2. | bruin (animal) large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
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| Synonyms | brown bear, Ursus arctos |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bear |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Alaskan brown bear, grizzly, grizzly bear, Kodiak, Kodiak bear, silver-tip, silvertip, Syrian bear, Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus arctos syriacus, Ursus horribilis, Ursus middendorffi |
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| Member meronym | genus Ursus, Ursus |
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