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grizzly bear
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a large and, often, ferocious bear, Ursus horribilis, nowadays largely confined to the northern Rockies.
See: gray bear(def. 1),grizzle bear,grizzled bear,grizzly(def. 1),mountain bear,silvertip (grizzly),white bear(def. 2)
Quotations
1691
[This plain affords Nothing but short Round sticky grass & Buffilo & a great sort of a Bear wch is Bigger than any white Bear & is Neither White nor Black But silver hair's like our English Rabbit.]
1793
The Indians entertain great apprehension of this kind of bear, which is called the grisley bear. . . .
1860
They are to go west to Fort Chesterfield, where they hope to fall in with the grizzly bear.
1958
The grizzly bear is the largest land carnivore on earth. The largest specimen on record weighed over half a ton and was over nine feet in total length.