white bear
nounEtymology From Middle English white bere. By surface analysis, white + bear.
1
A polar bear.
- She was standing in the circus ring surrounded by a dozen towering white bears.2018 July 29, Melissa Eddy, “Doris Arndt, Celebrated Animal Trainer, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
2
A grizzly bear.
- Related terms
- black bear, brown bear