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 SoutheastAsia .
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.]
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