honey bear

n.1. See kinkajou.2. See sloth bear.3. See sun bear.

honey bear

n (Animals) another name for kinkajou, sun bear

kin•ka•jou

(ˈkɪŋ kəˌdʒu)

n., pl. -jous. a brownish arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of the raccoon family, of tropical America, having a prehensile tail. [1790–1800; < French: wolverine (misapplied by Buffon to Potos flavus), earlier quincajou, appar. a conflation of carcajou with Ojibwa kwi·nkwaˀa·ke· a cognate word]

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honey bear - arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tailkinkajou, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, pottoprocyonid - plantigrade carnivorous mammalsgenus Potos, Potos - a genus of Procyonidae

honey bear

honey bear:

see bearbear,
large mammal of the family Ursidae in the order Carnivora, found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. Bears have large heads, bulky bodies, massive hindquarters, short, powerful limbs, very short tails, and coarse, thick fur.
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, nocturnal, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, found from Mexico to Brazil and related to the raccoon. It has a long, slender body with soft, short, woolly hair of any of various shades of brown or yellow.
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noun arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail

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