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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: grizzly 'gray' (16-20 centuries) from Old French grisel; GRIZZLED

grizzly bear

 noun
     
grizzly bear
grizzly bear also grizzly [countable]
a very large bear that lives in the northwest of North America
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