native bear
Britishnoun
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The native bear is in evidence throughout Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Goola, the native bear, has burrandang for the male and goola dhoorook for the female.
From The Gundungurra Language by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)
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
Balcun however means native bear according to Mathew126.
From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
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