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Definition of Bear cub
1. Noun. A young bear.
Definition of Bear cub
1. Noun. A young bear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Cub
Literary usage of Bear cub
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"If you see a bear cub, head back the way you came, away from the cub, as quickly
as possible, without showing signs of distress. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"If you see a bear cub, head back the way you came, away from the cub, as quickly
as possible, without showing signs of distress. ..."
3. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"If you see a bear cub, head back the way you came, away from the cub, as quickly
as possible, without showing signs of distress. Get out of there, ..."
4. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1920)
"The bear cub to the Rescue In 1900 I wrought out as best I could a map intended
to show the distribution of the brown bears of Alaska, as a group. ..."
5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"This expression arises out of the popular superstition that a bear's cub is born
an amorphous mass and is licked into shape by its dam. ..."
6. Tales from the Fjeld: A Second Series of Popular Tales, from the Norse of P by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1874)
"Good day, Mrs. Pussy,' said the bear-cub; ' have you had anything to eat to-day ?'
"' Oh, I've had a little, but I'm 'most fasting,' said the cat; ..."
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