sloth bear

1. 1.

   common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia

   SynonymsMelursus ursinusUrsus ursinus

   Broaderbear

   Part ofMelursus

Questions about sloth bear

What does sloth bear mean?

sloth bear means "common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia".

What is another word for sloth bear?

Close synonyms include Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus. 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 sloth bear a common word?

sloth 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.