euarctos

English Thesaurus

1. American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	american black bear, black bear, euarctos americanus, ursus americanus,
definition	:	brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family ursidae, ursidae,
definition	:	bears and extinct related forms (noun.animal)