silvertip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silvertip
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It was a reckless thing for her to do, for such a call might bring upon her a mountain lion or ever-watchful silvertip; but Snana did not think of that.
From Old Indian Days by Charles Alexander Eastman
It is the Mountain Goats' Protective Union that condemns the silvertip grizzly to laborious digging for humble little ground-squirrels, instead of killing goats for a living.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday
The biggest silvertip grizzly I ever knew in Montana weighed nine hundred pounds.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
It flashed through his mind that it might be a roaming silvertip from the mountain.
From The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart
The silvertip of the Rocky Mountain region is a totally different animal, being smaller, as well as different in color.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday
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