polar bear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.

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Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).

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