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grolar

US/ˈɡɹoʊlɚ/UK/ˈɡɹəʊlə/

noun

A hybrid cross between a polar bear and a grizzly.

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grolar bear pizzly pizzly bear prizzly

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Meanings

noungrolar (plural grolars)

plural grolars

A hybrid cross between a polar bear and a grizzly.
Polar bears that spend more time on land as their sea ice habitat shrinks are coming into contact with grizzly bears that have wandered further north – resulting in “grolar” or “pizzly” bear hybrids.
2018 April 22, Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Synonyms: grolar bear, pizzly, pizzly bear, prizzly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hybrid cross between a polar bear and a grizzly.

Similar

grolar bear pizzly pizzly bear prizzly

Also see

grolar bear pizzly bear prizzly

Origin

Blend of polar (“polar bear”) + grizzly (“grizzly bear”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with grolar

solar controller roller polar bipolar stroller comptroller bowler molar alveolar vacuolar unipolar circumpolar dipolar bronchoalveolar troller poller nonpolar osmolar multipolar patroller equimolar poler arteriolar

Cite this entry

APA

grolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grolar

MLA

“grolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grolar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grolar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grolar.

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