bruin

Pronunciation:		'brooin
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Matching Terms:		bruise, bruised, bruiser, bruisewort, bruising, bruit
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] large ferocious bear of Eurasia [n] a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic"Reynard the Fox"

	Synonyms:	brown bear, Ursus arctos

	See Also:	Alaskan brown bear, bear, genus Ursus, grizzly, grizzly bear, Kodiak, Kodiak bear, silvertip, Syrian bear, Ursus, Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus arctos syriacus, Ursus horribilis, Ursus middendorffi

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	Brown University Interactive Language. A simple interactive language with pl/i-like syntax, for ibm 360. ["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University, Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th ACM Conf, 1969].