grizzly bear

3 definitions found

grizzly bear - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a.
     Somewhat gray; grizzled.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Old squirrels that turn grizzly.         --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus  horribilis
        ) of Western North America and the Rocky
        Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its
        claws.
        [1913 Webster]

  Turkey-trot \Tur"key-trot`\, n.
     An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart
     and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot,
     followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owing to
     the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively
     suggestive. Similar dances are the
  
     bunny hug and
  
     grizzly bear, so called in allusion to the movements and
        the positions assumed by the partners in dancing.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

grizzly bear - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grizzly bear
      n 1: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
           North America [syn: grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip,
           silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis
           ]