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polar bear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
po-lar bear
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).

Inflected Forms

polar bears (plural)

Phrases

grolar bear pizzly bear polar bear dip polar bear hunting polar bearlike polar bear plunge polar bear swim

Synonyms

arctic bear ice bear northern bear sea bear white bear Ursus maritimus thalarctos maritimus

Questions

What does polar bear mean?
A white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
Where does polar bear come from?
Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).

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