cinnamon bear

American  

noun

1. a cinnamon-colored variety of the black bear of North America.

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cinnamon bear British  

noun

1. a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear See black bear

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Etymology

Origin of cinnamon bear

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The cinnamon bear is a U. americanus that wears a reddish brown coat and can look strikingly similar to grizzlies and other brown bears of the species Ursus arctos.

From New York Times

The shed originally contained 17 animals, including a baby bison named Sandy, a cinnamon bear and a golden eagle.

From Washington Post

Gray wondered why the focus couldn’t just be on the victims like Cameron, who had brought Pepsi and her favorite candies, those little red chewy cinnamon bears, to the hospital after her accident.

From Washington Post

Among the species brought to the 1883 convention: a small elephant, a cinnamon bear, a baby orangutan, an antelope and a Diana monkey.

From New York Times

Me, a deacon in the church, to be ownin' four gilded circus chariots and a steam calliope, to say nothin' of a trick elephant and a pair of dancin' cinnamon bears.

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