DCHP-3

plain(s) grizzly

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large bear, Ursus horribilis, once found on the prairies.

Quotations

1827, 1914
[Saw a huge grisly bear . . . and a number of small plain wolves.]
1959
The huge beasts are believed to be remnants of the plains grizzlies which once moved with the buffalo herds across the prairies and were thought to be extinct before the turn of the century.
1965
The barren-ground grizzly is similar to the plains grizzly, a buffalo killer common on the prairies before settlement.