DCHP-1 Online
grizzly bear 
a large and, often, ferocious bear, Ursus horribilis, nowadays largely confined to the northern Rockies.
See also: gray bear (def. 1) grizzle bear grizzled bear grizzly (def. 1) mountain bear silvertip (grizzly) white bear (def. 2)
- 1691 (1929) [This plain affords Nothing but short Round sticky grass & Buffilo & a great sort of a Bear wch is Bigger than any white Bear & is Neither White nor Black But silver hair's like our English Rabbit.]
- 1793 (1801) The Indians entertain great apprehension of this kind of bear, which is called the grisley bear. . . .
- 1860 They are to go west to Fort Chesterfield, where they hope to fall in with the grizzly bear.
- 1958 The grizzly bear is the largest land carnivore on earth. The largest specimen on record weighed over half a ton and was over nine feet in total length.
- 1691 (1929) [This plain affords Nothing but short Round sticky grass & Buffilo & a great sort of a Bear wch is Bigger than any white Bear & is Neither White nor Black But silver hair's like our English Rabbit.]