Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_bear

2 senses of black bear

Sense 1
Asiatic black bear, black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus -- (bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia)
       => bear -- (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

Sense 2
American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus, Euarctos americanus -- (brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear)
       => bear -- (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)