4 definitions
for grizzly
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a.
Somewhat gray; grizzled.
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Old squirrels that turn grizzly. --Bacon.
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Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear ({Ursus
horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky
Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its
claws.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Grizzly \Griz"zly\, n.; pl. Grizzlies.
1. (Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
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2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw
out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.]
--Raymond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
grizzly
adj : showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: gray, grey, gray-haired,
grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary,
white-haired]
n : powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
North America [syn: grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip,
Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis]
[also: grizzliest, grizzlier]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "grizzly":
Quaker-colored, acier, argent, argentine, ashen, ashy, canescent,
chalky, cinereous, cinerous, cretaceous, dapple, dapple-gray,
dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray,
dreary, dull, dusty, fleecy-white, frosted, frosty, glaucescent,
glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab,
gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish,
griseous, grizzle, grizzled, hoar, hoary, iron-gray, lactescent,
lead-gray, leaden, lily-white, livid, marble, marmoreal, milky,
mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, niveous, pearl, pearl-gray,
pearly, platinum, pure white, sad, silver, silver-gray, silvered,
silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snow-white,
snowy, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored,
swan-white, taupe, white, white as snow
