he-bear
Ursine male creature
A he-bear is a male bear.
The term appears in older texts and folklore where the sex of the animal matters to the story: The he-bear rose on his hind legs and roared.
Modern usage typically prefers "male bear."
Ursine male creature
A he-bear is a male bear.
The term appears in older texts and folklore where the sex of the animal matters to the story: The he-bear rose on his hind legs and roared.
Modern usage typically prefers "male bear."
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Ursine male creature
A he-bear is a male bear.
The term appears in older texts and folklore where the sex of the animal matters to the story: The he-bear rose on his hind legs and roared.
Modern usage typically prefers "male bear."
1. ursine — grizzly, Large brown bear subspecies; polar (Of extreme latitudes); brown (Dark earth tone); black (Darkest possible hue); Kodiak · fur · claws · paws · snout · den · hibernation · roar · omnivore · salmon
2. male — boar, Undomesticated male swine; bull (Steer before castration); stag (Male deer); ram (Adult male sheep); buck · stallion · tom · drake · gander · sire · billy · jack · dog · cock
sex/gender of bearhe-bear ≠ she-bear Female ursine mammal; sow
he, bear, bears, bearing, bore, borne, bearer, bearish, forbear
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