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WHITE BEAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 349 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WHITE See also:
BEAR
BEAR, BLACK
BEAR, BROWN
BEAR, GRIZZLY
BEAR, ISABELLINE
WHITE BEAR
BEAR .—See also:

SIZE

Size I0X5 ft . The largest of all bears . See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

close See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair except on flanks, See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour See also:

white to yellow . An inhabitant of the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic circle, best from See also:

GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland . Used for See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor rugs, very durable; and very white specimens are valuable . Value 20s. to 520S .

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