Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bear (Helarctos malayanus) native to Southeast Asian forests, having black fur with a gray to orange muzzle and a tawny, crescent-shaped chest marking. It is the smallest species of bear.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bear of the genus Helarctos; the bruang, or Malay bear. H. malayanus, of small size and slender form, with a close black coat and a white mark on the throat. See cut under bruang.
  • noun The Tibetan bear, Ursus thibetanus.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A relatively small species of bear, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the resemblance of the chest marking to an image of the rising or setting sun.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sun bear.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.