(obsolete) A polar bear. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Arctic, bear.

sloth bear

Any of a large number of lakes and settlements in Canada and the United States.

(US, slang, dated) doughnuts

The whelp of a bear.

Any of a brand of cheerful bear figures, seen on greeting cards and as stuffed toys.

Characteristic of protective maternal behavior.

(informal) A female bear currently rearing one or more cubs. / (by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children.

A large extinct species of bear, †Ursus spelaeus.

Tremarctos ornatus, a species of small, short-faced bear native to South America.