She-bear
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female bear (as opposed to a he-bear, male bear).
"Elisha [...] was able to call upon two she-bears to come and eat up the children who had treated him irreverently[.]"
Example
More examples"No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep."
Etymology
From Middle English sche bere; equivalent to she- + bear.
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