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

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

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 grey beast, comical beyond expression, with broad flapped ears,—sits on a tree within reach.

From The Lost Child by Kingsley, Henry

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 Kingsley, Henry