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PANDA BEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does panda bear mean?
• PANDA BEAR (noun)
The noun PANDA BEAR has 1 sense:
1. large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
Familiarity information: PANDA BEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
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Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ailuropoda melanoleuca; coon bear; giant panda; panda; panda bear
Hypernyms ("panda bear" is a kind of...):
procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("panda bear" is a member of...):
Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda (only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae)
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