native bear
Britishnoun
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The native bear is in evidence throughout Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look, high up in the branches of that tall tree is a native bear!
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
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
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)
Balcun however means native bear according to Mathew126.
From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
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