silver-tip
- noun
- US
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oso grizzly
- The silver-tip is renowned for its immense strength and surprising speed in the wild.
Examples
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Researchers tracked several silver-tips as part of a conservation project in Yellowstone Park.
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Early settlers often feared encounters with a silver-tip in the Montana wilderness.
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The silver-tip is a majestic creature.
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Many silver-tips roam the mountains of Canada.
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Early settlers often feared encounters with a silver-tip in the Montana wilderness.
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Researchers tracked several silver-tips as part of a conservation project in Yellowstone Park.
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The silver-tip is renowned for its immense strength and surprising speed in the wild.
Synonyms
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3.9
A large brownish-gray bear in western North America with a hump on its shoulder
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3.1
A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America
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1.9
A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America
A large brown bear with silver-tipped fur found in western North America
A large strong brown bear that lives in western North America called a grizzly bear
A large brown bear called the grizzly that lives in western North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Silver-tip comes from the look of the bear's fur: many hairs have a 'silver' color at the tip, so the coat looks lighter at the ends. That's why a silver-tip is the powerful brownish-yellow bear called the grizzly, named for the 'silver' ends of its hair.