How the etymology of "Arctic" complicates the cryptic etymology of "bear"

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Anyway, another common source of confusion related to this is that Ursos arctos is not the polar bear. It is the “Bear (Latin) bear (Greek)”

Odd Stuff (Part 2)

Going on from that, the Eurasian brown bear is Ursus arctos arctos, which translates as Bear bear bear.