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Definition of Syrian bear
1. Noun. Yellowish-grey Syrian brown bear.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syrian Bear
Literary usage of Syrian bear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1859)
"... and smote him, and slew him.1 The Syrian bear—still found on the higher
mountains of this country—is perhaps equally to be dreaded in a close personal ..."
2. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
".Syrian bear. Ursus syriacus. The Syrian bear is the Bear of the Scriptures.
It appears to be merely a large light-coloured variety of the Russian and ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1835)
"The Syrian bear frequently (non raro) preys oti animals >ut for the most part
feeds on vegetables. ..."
4. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"This is without doubt the Syrian bear ( I'rtia Syriacus), which to this day is met
... The Syrian bear is more of a frugivorous habit than the brown bear ..."
5. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"573), says that the Syrian bear is -hi! found on the higher mountains of this
country, and that the inhabitant« of Hermon stand in great fear of him. ..."
6. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"THE Syrian bear. This bear, which figures in the story of Elisha, is a variety
of the brown bear. It is found from the Caucasus to the mountains of ..."
7. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1859)
"... and smote him, and slew him.1 The Syrian bear—still found on the higher
mountains of this country—is perhaps equally to be dreaded in a close personal ..."
8. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
".Syrian bear. Ursus syriacus. The Syrian bear is the Bear of the Scriptures.
It appears to be merely a large light-coloured variety of the Russian and ..."
9. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1835)
"The Syrian bear frequently (non raro) preys oti animals >ut for the most part
feeds on vegetables. ..."
10. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"This is without doubt the Syrian bear ( I'rtia Syriacus), which to this day is met
... The Syrian bear is more of a frugivorous habit than the brown bear ..."
11. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"573), says that the Syrian bear is -hi! found on the higher mountains of this
country, and that the inhabitant« of Hermon stand in great fear of him. ..."
12. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"THE Syrian bear. This bear, which figures in the story of Elisha, is a variety
of the brown bear. It is found from the Caucasus to the mountains of ..."
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