arctic bear
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Arctic, bear.
noun
A polar bear.
Example Sentences
- "Still nearer the pole, the arctic bear reigns the mighty tyrant of the frozen solitude."
- "In the front parlour, was an immense arctic bear, of a white colour, and a winged animal, much injured by time, but which appeared to have been an eagle."
- "The white bear, polar bear, or arctic bear, (Ursus maritimus, or Ursus arcticus), is a migrating animal."
- "The species of man in the temperate zone are not, like arctic bears or bears of Borneo, confined to any province."
- "Bears are the largest living carnivores, and the two largest species, polar bears and grizzly bears, are both inhabitants of the Arctic. [...] In open country, with nowhere to hide, attack is the obvious method of defense, especailly for animals with the speed and enormous strength of the two arctic bears."
- "Upon coming up with the floe, we perceived that it was in possession of a gigantic creature of the race of the Arctic bear, but far exceeding in size the largest of these animals."