sloth bear
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- common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central AsiaSynonyms: Melursus ursinusUrsus ursinusType of bearMember of Melursus, genus Melursus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sloth bear
Zoology, a black or brown long-haired bear (Melursus ursinus, or Melursus labiatus), native of India and Ceylon; — called also aswail, labiated bear, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks.
From the entry Sloth.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54