Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
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... Asian black bears are reproductively compatible with several other bear species, and have on occasion produced hybrid offspring ... According to Jack Hanna's Monkeys on the Interstate, a bear captured in Sanford, Florida was thought to have been the offspring of an escaped female Asian ... In 1975, within Venezuela's "Las Delicias" Zoo, a female black bear shared its enclosure with a spectacled bear, and produced several hybrid descendants ...
... There are two Bear constellations Ursa Major constellation - the Great Bear, contains the Big Dipper Ursa Minor constellation - the Small Bear, contains the Little Dipper ...
... Woolly bear can mean The hairy caterpillars of the Arctiidae family of moths The hairy caterpillar of the Arctic Woolly Bear Moth (Gynaephora groenlandica) The larva of the varied carpet ...
... In Japanese culture, the black bear is traditionally associated with the mountain spirit (yama no kami) and is characterised variously as "mountain man" (yamaotoko), "mountain uncle" (yama ... Being a largely solitary creature, the bear is also viewed as "lonely person" (sabishigariya) ... Black bears feature very little in lowland Japanese folklore, but are prominent in upland Japan, a fact thought to reflect the bear's greater economic value in upland areas ...
... are no roadsigns on any area roads indicating directions to or the location of Bear ... The Bear interchange on Delaware Route 1 points to Elkton, Maryland and the mysterious "State Road" ... Route 7, which passes through the original "downtown" village of Bear, uses Red Lion and Christiana for directional signs ...
More definitions of "bear":
- (verb): Move while holding up or supporting.
Example: "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
- (verb): Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
Synonyms: hold
- (verb): Have.
Example: "Bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
- (noun): An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price.
- (verb): Have on one's person.
Example: "Bear a scar"
Synonyms: wear
- (verb): Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
Example: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"
Synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
- (verb): Be pregnant with.
Synonyms: have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect
- (noun): Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
- (verb): Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
Example: "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
Synonyms: take over, accept, assume
- (verb): Give birth (to a newborn).
Synonyms: give birth, deliver, birth, have
- (verb): .
Synonyms: turn out
Famous quotes containing the word bear:
“Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish,
A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion,
A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
A forked mountain, or blue promontory
With trees upon ‘t that nod unto the world
And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs;
They are black vesper’s pageants.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“As you read, a white bear leisurely
pees, dyeing the snow
saffron....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The young women [in England] are so mortally silly and insipid, that I cannot bear them. Upon my word ... I have scarce met with one worthy being spoke to. Their chat is all on caps—balls—cards—dress—nonsense.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)