Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloth bear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: sloth bear
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Melursus ursinus of nocturnal bears, native to South Asia.

Example Sentences

"More people in India are killed by sloth bears than by tigers."
"As in other species of wild bears, sloth bears are most likely to die young, especially during the first few months after they have left their mothers."
"Sloth bear attacks are in no way a thing of the past. In recent years, Sri Lankan wildlife expert Shyamala Ratnayeke has surveyed close to three hundred of her countrymen who have encountered and, in some cases, been injured by sloth bears."

Inflected Forms

sloth bears (plural)

Synonyms

lip bear ursiform sloth melursus ursinus ursus ursinus

Questions

What does sloth bear mean?: Any member of the species Melursus ursinus of nocturnal bears, native to South Asia.

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