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Noun bruin has 2 senses
- bruin - a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
--1 is a kind of bear
- brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos - large ferocious bear of Eurasia
--2 is a kind of bear
--2 is a member of Ursus, genus Ursus
--2 has particulars: | Syrian bear, Ursus arctos syriacus; grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis; Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Kodiak, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi |
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