grizzly bear : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grizzly bear	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for grizzly bear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grizzly bear n powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America Synonym(s): grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, owning 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. Old squirrels that turn grizzly. --Bacon. {Grizzly bear} (Zo[94]l.), 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.