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 fire lit up the undersides of the branches above; a native bear sat in a fork blinking down at it, while the moon above him showed every hair on his ears.

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

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

Balcun however means native bear according to Mathew126.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

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