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Hyaenarctos
noun
Hy·ae·narc·tos
\-ˈnärkˌtäs\
Definition of Hyaenarctos
: a genus of large Old World Pliocene and Pleistocene bears
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Origin and Etymology of hyaenarctos
New Latin, from Latin hyaena hyena + Greek arktos bear
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