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plain(s) grizzly Hist. 
a large bear, Ursus horribilis, once found on the prairies.
- 1827, 1914 [Saw a huge grisly bear . . . and a number of small plain wolves.]
- 1959 The huge beasts are believed to be remnants of the plains grizzlies which once moved with the buffalo herds across the prairies and were thought to be extinct before the turn of the century.
- 1965 The barren-ground grizzly is similar to the plains grizzly, a buffalo killer common on the prairies before settlement.
- 1827, 1914 [Saw a huge grisly bear . . . and a number of small plain wolves.]