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 resided in a packing case, nailed on the top of a stump nearly opposite the hut door.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
"They were hungry for their native bear meat."
From The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson
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 Henry Kingsley
On the ninth day they shot a native bear, which afforded a sumptuous repast, and gave them strength to travel two days longer.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
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