native bear
Britishnoun
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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
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
"They were hungry for their native bear meat."
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
A wee little native bear, barely a foot long,—a little gray beast, comical beyond expression, with broad flapped ears,—sits on a tree within reach.
From Stories of Childhood by Johnson, Rossiter
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