coon bear

1. 1.

   large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

   Synonymsgiant pandapandapanda bearAiluropoda melanoleuca

   Broaderprocyonid

   Part ofAiluropoda

Questions about coon bear

What does coon bear mean?

coon bear means "large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae".

What is another word for coon bear?

Close synonyms include giant panda, panda, panda bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca. 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 coon bear a common word?

coon bear is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.