American black bear

noun

: black bear sense 1

With a population of more than 450,000, the American black bear now outnumbers all other bears put together and is not threatened with extinction.

—Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 1 May 1990

Word History

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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