arctic bear

Definitions

1. 1

   A polar bear.

   • Still nearer the pole, the arctic bear reigns the mighty tyrant of the frozen solitude.
   • In the front parlour, was an immense arctic bear, of a white colour, and a winged animal, much injured by time, but which appeared to have been an eagle.
   • The white bear, polar bear, or arctic bear, (Ursus maritimus, or Ursus arcticus), is a migrating animal.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Arctic, bear.

3. 3

   Any bear that lives in the Arctic.

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