Definition of Silvertip

1. Noun. Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Silvertip

silverside
silversides
silverskin
silverskin onion
silverskins
silversmith
silversmithies
silversmithing
silversmithings
silversmiths
silversmithy
silverspot
silverspots
silversword
silverswords
silvertip (current term)
silvertone
silvertop palmetto
silvervine
silverware
silverwares
silverweed
silverweeds
silverwork
silverworker
silverworks
silvery
silvery-cheeked antshrike
silvery gibbon
silvery gibbons

Literary usage of Silvertip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
""He is silvertip the Grizzly Bear, and in the past no animal in all this great ... But times have changed, and silvertip has been so hunted with terrible ..."

2. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"IDENTIFICATION: silvertip SHARK Carcharhinus albimarginatus The silvertip ... The silvertip is a magnificently proportioned and elegantly coloured shark. ..."

3. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"It is also found in open water far from land» DIET: The silvertip feeds on a ... COMMENTS: The silvertip is a fairly common shark of offshore Red Sea reefs. ..."

4. Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks: A Record of Pioneer Work by Howard Palmer (1914)
"This distance is divided as follows: trunk, five miles; east branch, one and three-quarter miles; silvertip glacier, three miles; silvertip ..."

5. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"SilverTip $140 Thu-Sun $120Mon-Wed 1000 SilverTip Trail. Canmore •0(403) 591-7272 or 877-877-5444 silvertip was built in 1998 on the sunny side of the Bow ..."

6. Wild Animals of Glacier National Park: The Mammals, with Notes on by United States National Park Service, Vernon Bailey, Florence Merriam Bailey (1918)
"Only those who are familiar with them throughout the season should be allowed to feed or take any liberties with them. GRIZZLY BEAR; silvertip: Ursus ..."

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