DCHP-1 Online
grizzled bear 
Obs. a large and, often, ferocious bear, Ursus horribilis, nowadays largely confined to the northern Rockies.
See also: grizzly bear
- 1752 There is no beast truly dangerous but the grizzled bear; and he always keeps up the country in a warmer climate, where indeed he makes dreadful ravages, devouring whole families in a short time.
- 1807 (1890) The lesser species or fur kinds are: the black and grizzled bear, the latter inhabits the Rocky Mountains or thereabouts, and are apparently not so ferocious as those in the Peace River.
- 1752 There is no beast truly dangerous but the grizzled bear; and he always keeps up the country in a warmer climate, where indeed he makes dreadful ravages, devouring whole families in a short time.