"Arctic bear" meaning in All languages combined

See Arctic bear on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Arctic bears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Arctic bear (plural Arctic bears)
  1. A polar bear.
    Sense id: en-Arctic_bear-en-noun-q~aofUaa
  2. Any bear that lives in the Arctic. Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-Arctic_bear-en-noun-DVwZuv33 Disambiguation of Ursids: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98

Inflected forms

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