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spectacled bear

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Since some specimens have spectacle-like markings on their faces.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دب أبو نظارة (daba 'abu nizaratan) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Armenian: ակնոցավոր արջ (aknocʻavor arǰ) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Aymara: jukumari — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Azerbaijani: eynəkli ayı — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Basque: hartz betaurrekodun — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Bulgarian: очилата мечка (očilata mečka) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Catalan: ós d'antifaç — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Cornish: arth Andes — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Cornish: arth diwweder — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Czech: medvěd brýlatý — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Danish: brillebjørn — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Dutch: brilbeer — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Esperanto: okulvitra urso — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Finnish: silmälasikarhu — Tremarctos ornatus
  • French: ours à lunettes — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Saterland Frisian: Bril-Boare — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Saterland Frisian: Anden-Boare — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Galician: oso de anteollos — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Georgian: სათვალიანი დათვი (satvaliani datvi) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • German: Brillenbär — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Greek: αρκούδα των Άνδεων (arkoúda ton Ándeon) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Hungarian: pápaszemes medve — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Icelandic: gleraugnabjörn — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Indonesian: beruang berkacamata — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Interlingua: urso de berillos — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Irish: béar spéaclach — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Italian: orso dagli occhiali — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Japanese: 眼鏡熊 — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Japanese: メガネグマ (meganeguma) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Kazakh: көзілдірікті аю (közıldırıktı aü) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Korean: 안경곰 (an'gyeonggom) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Northern Kurdish: hirçê biberçavk — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Latvian: briļļainais lācis — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Lithuanian: akiniuotasis lokys — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Macedonian: очилата мечка (očilata mečka) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Malayalam: കണ്ണാടിക്കരടി (kaṇṇāṭikkaraṭi) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Maltese: ors tan-nuċċali — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Navajo: shash bítááʼłgaígíí — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brillebjørn — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: andesbjørn — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Polish: andoniedźwiedź okularowy — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Polish: niedźwiedź andyjski — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Polish: niedźwiedź peruwiański — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Polish: niedźwiedź okularowy — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Portuguese: urso-de-óculos — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Quechua: antikuna ukumari — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Romanian: urs cu ochelari — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Russian: очковый медведь (očkovyj medvedʹ) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: медвед наочар — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: medvjed naočar — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Slovak: medveď okuliarnatý — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Lower Sorbian: brylaty mjadwjeź — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Upper Sorbian: brylaty mjedwjedź — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Spanish: oso de anteojos — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Swedish: glasögonbjörn — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Thai: หมีแว่น (mĕe wâen) — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Turkish: gözlüklü ayı — Tremarctos ornatus
  • Ukrainian: очковий ведмідь (očkovyj vedmidʹ) — Tremarctos ornatus