Citations:mama grizzly

Noun: "a female grizzly bear currently rearing one or more cubs"

 * 1994 — Walter Dean Myers, The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner, HarperCollins (1994), ISBN 9780064404624, page 48:
 * The mama grizzly reared back on her hind legs and kind of hissed at me, which I hoped was a friendly sign.
 * 1997 — Larry K. Bond, "Saved by Prayer", in Some Bears Kill: True-Life Tales of Terror (ed. Larry Kanuit), Safari Press (1997), ISBN 1571572937, page 82:
 * Along with his account of a beary scary encounter with a mama grizzly, Larry sent a letter of explanation.
 * 1998 — Todd Strasser, Grizzly Attack: Against the Odds, Pocket Books (1998), ISBN 9780671023102, page 14:
 * The mama grizzly is still standing on her hind legs, her big furry round head slowly turning, following us.

Noun: "(slang) a woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children"

 * 2009 — Gwen Hunter, Rapid Descent, Mira (2009), ISBN 9780778326212, page 206:
 * "She's a mama grizzly. Got thoughts about the business and her kid. No room for anything else," Juliet said.
 * 2009 — Allyson Roy, Babydoll, Penguin (2009), ISBN 9780425225509, page 54:
 * Yes, my wild-woman aunt was a mama grizzly who watched over her young.
 * 2010 — Rick Mofina, The Panic Zone, MIRA (2010), ISBN 9780778327943, page 9:
 * A day later when she took Tyler out for a stroll to the park, Emma saw the same white sedan at the end of their street.
 * "Do you think maybe you're being a little paranoid?" Joe had said when she told him about it later. "It's the mama grizzly syndrome kicking in."