bald-face(d) grizzly

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a color variety of grizzly bear found in northern B.C. and the Yukon, so called because the sparse, white hair on its face suggests baldness.

Quotations

1900

Her father had failed to give a bald-faced grizzly the trail one day, and had died quickly.

1946

A bald-faced grizzly was running almost at the horse's flank.