native bear

British  

noun

1. an Australian name for koala

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Example Sentences

The native bear is in evidence throughout Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Australians have, properly speaking, no bears, though the animal called the native bear is looked up to by the aborigines with superstitious regard.

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew

A wee little native bear, barely eight inches long,—a little grey beast, comical beyond expression, with broad flapped ears, sits on a tree within reach.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

You may talk about the savagery of your native bear.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim by Patchin, Frank Gee

A wee little native bear, barely a foot long,—a little grey beast, comical beyond expression, with broad flapped ears,—sits on a tree within reach.

From The Lost Child by Kingsley, Henry