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

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

Laura had rescued it and reared it; it followed her like a dog; and she was only less devoted to it than she had been to a native bear which died under her hands.

From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel

What's this?" exclaimed the trooper—"an infant, I declare;" Said Morgan, "'Tis the carcase of an old man native bear.

From Saltbush Bill, J. P. by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

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