white bear

From Middle English white bere. By surface analysis, white +‎ bear.

white bear (plural white bears)

1. (now rare or puristic) Synonym of polar bear.
   • 2018 July 29, Melissa Eddy, “Doris Arndt, Celebrated Animal Trainer, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 July 2018:

     She was standing in the circus ring surrounded by a dozen towering white bears.

• black bear
• brown bear