SILVERTIP

grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis

(noun) powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silvertip (plural silvertips)

A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis).

A shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus).

A fir tree (Abies magnifica).

Source: Wiktionary



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