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    BRUIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large ferocious bear of Eurasiaplay

    Synonyms:

    brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bruin" is a kind of...):

    bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bruin"):

    Syrian bear; Ursus arctos syriacus (yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear)

    grizzly; grizzly bear; silver-tip; silvertip; Ursus arctos horribilis; Ursus horribilis (powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America)

    Alaskan brown bear; Kodiak; Kodiak bear; Ursus arctos middendorffi; Ursus middendorffi (brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia)

    Holonyms ("bruin" is a member of...):

    genus Ursus; Ursus (type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic 'Reynard the Fox'play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bruin" is a kind of...):

    bear (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)

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