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Grizzly

Grizzly Meaning & Definition
Grizzly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grizzly?

[n] powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grizzly: grizzly bear | silvertip | Ursus arctos horribilis | Ursus horribilis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Grizzly: acier | argent | argentine | ashen | ashy | canescent | chalky | cinereous | cinerous | cretaceous | dapple | dappled | dappled-gray | dapple-gray | dingy | dismal | dove-colored | dove-gray | dreary | dull | dusty | fleecy-white | frosted | frosty | glaucescent | glaucous | gray | gray-black | gray-brown | gray-colored | gray-drab | grayed | gray-green | grayish | gray-spotted | gray-toned | gray-white | griseous | grizzle | grizzled | hoar | hoary | iron-gray | lactescent | leaden | lead-gray | lily-white | livid | marble | marmoreal | milky | mouse-colored | mouse-gray | mousy | niveous | pearl | pearl-gray | pearly | platinum | pure white | Quaker-colored | sad | silver | silvered | silver-gray | silvery | slate-colored | slaty | smoke-gray | smoky | snow-white | snowy | sober | somber | steel-gray | steely | stone-colored | swan-white | taupe | white | white as snow

See Also | brown bear | bruin | Ursus arctos

Grizzly In Webster's Dictionary

\Griz"zly\, a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. Old squirrels that turn grizzly. --Bacon. {Grizzly bear} (Zo["o]l.), a large and ferocious bear ({Ursus horribilis}) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.
\Griz"zly\, n.; pl. {Grizzlies}. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A grizzly bear. See under {Grizzly}, a. 2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] --Raymond.

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