black bear black·bear uncommon noun 1. black bear of central and eastern Asia SynonymsAsiatic black bearblack bearUrsus thibetanusSelenarctos thibetanus 2. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear SynonymsAmerican black bearblack bearUrsus americanusEuarctos americanus Related words Word family black bearberry Broader terms bear Narrower terms cinnamon bear Parts EuarctosSelenarctos WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
