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polar bear

noun

  1. a large white bear, Ursus maritimus, of the Arctic regions.



polar bear

noun

  1. a white carnivorous bear, Thalarctos maritimus, of coastal regions of the North Pole

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of polar bear1

First recorded in 1775–85
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It's home to ice floes, glaciers and more polar bears than people.

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The park has had an elderly polar bear before.

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Conservation efforts often rally behind “flagship species” like the giant panda, polar bear or bald eagle in order to save the entire habitat in which those species live.

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Frozen, mountainous, and remote, it's home to hundreds of polar bears and a couple of sparse settlements.

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Those almost always begin with bringing awareness to a species, as has apparently happened with polar bears and honeybees.

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