DCHP-3

grizzled bear

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Obs.

a large and, often, ferocious bear, Ursus horribilis, nowadays largely confined to the northern Rockies.

Quotations

1752
There is no beast truly dangerous but the grizzled bear; and he always keeps up the country in a warmer climate, where indeed he makes dreadful ravages, devouring whole families in a short time.
1807
The lesser species or fur kinds are: the black and grizzled bear, the latter inhabits the Rocky Mountains or thereabouts, and are apparently not so ferocious as those in the Peace River.