asiatic black bear

1. 1.

   bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia

   Synonymsblack bearUrsus thibetanusSelenarctos thibetanus

   Broaderbear

   Part ofSelenarctos

Questions about asiatic black bear

What does asiatic black bear mean?

asiatic black bear means "bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia".

What is another word for asiatic black bear?

Close synonyms include black bear, Ursus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asiatic black bear a common word?

asiatic black bear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.