| 单词 | sun bear |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun bear sun bear n. [after scientific Latin Helarctos, genus name (T. Horsfield 1825, in Zool. Jrnl. 2 221), apparently so called on account of its tropical habitat] (originally) any of various small Asian bears having black fur with a pale, crescent-shaped mark on the chest; (in later use) esp. the Malayan sun bear, Helarctos malayanus; also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Helarctos (sun bear) Malayan bear1826 sun bear1833 honey bear1925 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Ursus > miscellaneous types of ranger1825 sun bear1833 1833 Zool. Mag. 68 Bears of Asia... 5. The Labiated Bear; Ursus labiatus, Blainville. 6. The Malayan Bear; Ursus malayanus, Raffles. 7. The Thibetan Bear; Ursus thibetanus, Cuv. 8. The Bornean Bear; Ursus eurispylus, Horsfield. 9. The Isabelline Bear; Ursus isabellinus, Horsfield... Number 5 to 9 have been grouped together under the subgeneric titles Prochilus and Helarctos, or Sun-bears, having some characteristics in common, in which they differ from the rest of the genus. 1870 J. G. Wood Animal Kingdom 404 A group of Bears which have received the title of Sun-Bears, from their habit of basking in the rays of the burning sun, instead of withdrawing to their dens. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 741/2 The Himalayan or Tibetan sun bear. 1922 Times 22 May 6/2 From Borneo, a Sun-bear, a small and very active creature with short hair and a white chest mark. 1965 R. McKie Company of Animals ix. 146 Sun bears can become dangerous as their power increases with age. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 411/1 Prints of the hind feet of the Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus ) are similar to small human footprints. < as lemmas |
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