euarctos americanus

1. 1.

   brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

   SynonymsAmerican black bearblack bearUrsus americanus

   Broaderbear

   Narrowercinnamon bear

   Part ofEuarctos

Questions about euarctos americanus

What does euarctos americanus mean?

euarctos americanus means "brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear".

What is another word for euarctos americanus?

Close synonyms include American black bear, black bear, Ursus americanus. 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 euarctos americanus a common word?

euarctos americanus 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.