grizzly bear

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grizzly bear (plural grizzly bears)

  1. A large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear.
    Synonym: (hunters' name) Ephraim
  2. A dance of the early twentieth century in which dancers mimicked the movements of grizzly bears.

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