English noun: black bear | |||
1. | black bear (animal) bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia | ||
Synonyms | Asiatic black bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bear | ||
Member meronym | genus Selenarctos, Selenarctos | ||
2. | black bear (animal) brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear | ||
Synonyms | American black bear, Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bear | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cinnamon bear | ||
Member meronym | Euarctos, genus Euarctos | ||