DCHP-1 Online
brown bear 
n. any of several North American bears, including the grizzly bear, and a color phase of the black bear.
See also: black bear grizzly bear
- 1784 Mr. Graham assures me, that the brown Bears, in the inland parts of Hudson's Bay, make great havoc among the Buffaloes.
- 1958 [He] shot a large brown bear . . . which had been mauling . . . a calf.
- 1784 Mr. Graham assures me, that the brown Bears, in the inland parts of Hudson's Bay, make great havoc among the Buffaloes.