 grizzly |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
| Synonyms: | gray gray-haired hoary grey-haired grey hoar grey-headed white-haired gray-headed | |
| Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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| Related terms: | old | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (zoology) powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America | |
| Synonyms: | silvertip Ursus_horribilis Ursus_arctos_horribilis silver-tip grizzly_bear | |
| Related terms: | brown_bear | |
| Similar spelling: |
grizzle grizzled Grizzell grisly grossly |
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