ursus americanus

English Thesaurus

1. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bear,
definition	:	massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cinnamon bear,
definition	:	reddish-brown color phase of the American black bear (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	euarctos, genus euarctos,
definition	:	American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus (noun.animal)