native bear
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The native bear is in evidence throughout Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ground was cut up as if rooted by pigs; yet Cleopatra was only just warming to his work; and the whaler was still clinging to the saddle like a native bear to a branch.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
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)
"They were hungry for their native bear meat."
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
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
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