black bear

Noun black bear has 2 senses

• black bear(n = noun.animal) asiatic black bear, selenarctos thibetanus, ursus thibetanus - bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia; Array
is a kind of bear
is a member of genus selenarctos, selenarctos

• black bear(n = noun.animal) american black bear, euarctos americanus, ursus americanus - brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear; Array
is a kind of bear
is a member of euarctos, genus euarctos
has particulars: cinnamon bear