Talk:she-bear

I think the preferred term for a female bear (although not preferred by myself personally) is "sow". --24.236.139.111 23:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Is phrase she-bear really used as separate word or is it most common way of making female forms? (so that every word can be added she at the beginning) ~

And does word bearess mean female bear? Paweł ze Szczecina 14:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• If you added she- to any similar animal then the sense would be understood. But few are used much. she-devil is in most dictionaries. bearess does not seem to exist. she-bear may have been added as a way of introducing the translations, as many other languages differentiate the sex of an animal with a different ending (e.g. gatto / gatta in Italian). SemperBlotto 14:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

You can add she- to anything, but it sounds a little dated or literary – normally you would just say ‘a female X’. Many animals have specific terms for the female of the species – but bear does not, as far as I know, so she-bear is probably the closest English gets to a one-word term. Widsith 14:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Cites

• August 17 2009, The Berenstain Bears: "He Bear, She Bear"

  That's unprecise. Was it a book released on that day or an TV series episode shown on that day? Also the spelling is different ("She Bear" vs. "she-bear").

• Pre-2009, an episode of The Simpsons, husband to wife: "no one understands you she-bear!"

  That had a youtube link with it, but the video got blocked "on copyright grounds". Anyway, that's unprecise too.

Please, if re-adding these cites, be more precisely. -84.161.32.83 18:20, 18 January 2017 (UTC)