From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 [gcide]:
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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grizzly
adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: {grey}, {gray}, {grey-
haired}, {gray-haired}, {grey-headed}, {gray-headed},
{grizzly}, {hoar}, {hoary}, {white-haired}]
n 1: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
North America [syn: {grizzly}, {grizzly bear}, {silvertip},
{silver-tip}, {Ursus horribilis}, {Ursus arctos
horribilis}]
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