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Bear that's literally "the brown one"
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bruin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bruin \bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of ``Reynard the Fox'' the bear is so called from his color. See Brown , a.] A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
Usage examples of bruin.
And because he was Bruin Bear, that most trustworthy of animals, the rebels looked at each other, nodded more or less in unison, and followed the Bear up the grassy slope away from the wrecked Welcome Station.
The humans slowly lowered their swords and looked about them as Bruin Bear and the Sea Goat applauded wildly.
Flynn came to add their swords, and Poogie and Bruin Bear left their fire fighting and came to help with savage claws and vicious jaws.
This had festered the flesh, and bruin, bound with stout ropes, had been brought out of his cage on a wheeled litter, and laid on the grass for careful treatment.
Andy believed that bruin would soon find and harbor himself in some cozy nook.
And on the second trip he found that mother bruin was standing up, her head wedged against the opening of the cave.
In ten seconds, blood stood out on a dozen little scratches on Tommy before he had young Master Bruin secured with a firm grip behind the ears, as a cat may be held.
He was placed on the ground, and he crawled toward Mother Bruin as though he felt that he had been playing the errant against orders and must be punished for his transgressions.
In five minutes Jerry was every whit as familiar as Jack, while mother bruin contented herself with crowding her head out the opening and observing each move.
In the second place, and primarily, the appetite of bruin had grown beyond all measure.
But a little doglike whine of eagerness from bruin made him continue with the feeding, and from that time on every morsel she had was taken neatly from his hand.
And if he were not weary, he was in the thick of his work or resting momentarily from it or sitting soberly beside the scarred head of mother bruin or romping wildly with the cubs.
They returned always to take a severe cuffing and scolding from bruin, but what little bear can remember a beating from one day to the next?
Some of those fragments landed with cruel force on the, head and body of bruin, but she refused to move back.
And, though mother bruin reared up and stretched as high as possible toward the fascinating fragrance, she soon abandoned the hopeless effort and went around examining whatever she could find.