Grizzly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a.
     Somewhat gray; grizzled.
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           Old squirrels that turn grizzly.         --Bacon.
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     {Grizzly bear} (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear ({Ursus
        horribilis}) of Western North America and the Rocky
        Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its
        claws.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grizzly \Griz"zly\, n.; pl. {Grizzlies}.
     1. (Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under {Grizzly}, a.
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     2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw
        out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.]
        --Raymond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grizzly
       adj : showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
             white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
             "nodded his hoary head" [syn: {gray}, {grey}, {gray-haired},
              {grey-haired}, {gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {hoar}, {hoary},
              {white-haired}]
       n : powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
           North America [syn: {grizzly bear}, {silvertip}, {silver-tip},
            {Ursus horribilis}, {Ursus arctos horribilis}]
       [also: {grizzliest}, {grizzlier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "grizzly":
     Quaker-colored, acier, argent, argentine, ashen, ashy, canescent,
     chalky, cinereous, cinerous, cretaceous, dapple, dapple-gray,
     dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray,
     dreary, dull, dusty, fleecy-white, frosted, frosty, glaucescent,
     glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab,
     gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish,
     griseous, grizzle, grizzled, hoar, hoary, iron-gray, lactescent,
     lead-gray, leaden, lily-white, livid, marble, marmoreal, milky,
     mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, niveous, pearl, pearl-gray,
     pearly, platinum, pure white, sad, silver, silver-gray, silvered,
     silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snow-white,
     snowy, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored,
     swan-white, taupe, white, white as snow