native companion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of native companion
First recorded in 1810–20
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The imitation of the frolicsome skip and wing movements of the native companion is one of the typical dances of the aboriginals frequenting open plains where the great birds assemble.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Another bird that was seen by our friends, but not captured, is the one known as the native companion.
From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox
The native companion, the emu, and the sacred ibis are on this creek.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart
The woods astonished my native companion Yuranigh; who remarked that they were trees belonging to the sea coast at Sydney.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
The brolga, or native companion, is a handsome Australian bird of the crane family.
From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
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