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silvertip (grizzly)
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a variety of grizzly bear found in the western mountain region, characterized by hairs having silver tips.
See: grizzly bear
Quotations
1897
There are four species of bear in the region. These are the grizzly, brown, black, and small kind called the "silver-tip." The latter are of a gray color and are very fierce.
1922
The large silver tip grizzly in the Rockies, however, is as a rule always ready to attack.
1957
That was the trouble with a silver tip; the awful beast would attack anybody anytime. . . .
1960
This is the country of the silvertip grizzly and the gigantic lobo wolf, vicious 200 pound animals who pack together for the kill.