Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sloth-bear of India, Prochilus labiatus. See cut under
aswail .
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Examples
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Go and wash Kala Nag and attend to his ears, and see that there are no thorns in his feet; or else Petersen Sahib will surely catch thee and make thee a wild hunter -- a follower of elephant's foot-tracks, a jungle-bear.
The Jungle Book. 1893
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