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 native bear, as a marsupial sloth is termed, is the most innocent-looking of animals, and the most harmless, feeding on the leaves of the gum.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

Jim swung to a sapling and went up it like a native bear; it was a young sapling, and Jim couldn't safely get more than ten or twelve feet from the ground.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

"They were hungry for their native bear meat."

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

Doctor Tjon Akieh, who came here from Surinam, had some amusing monkeys, a native bear, tamer than most cats, and a very quiet deer.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl