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koala

[ koh-ah-luh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.

koala

/ kəʊˈɑːlə /

a slow-moving Australian arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctus cinereus, having dense greyish fur and feeding on eucalyptus leaves and bark Also called (Austral)native bear

Origin of koala¹

1800–10; erroneous spelling for earlier koola ( h ) (now obsolete) < Dharuk gú-la

Origin of koala¹

from a native Australian language

In the koala (Australian native bear), a vegetable-feeding marsupial, it is more than thrice the size of the body.

A terrible hullabaloo between a pair of Opossums up a neighbouring gum tree arrested the attention of both Dot and the Koala.

The Koala saw that Dot was proud, but as it didn't see any reason why she should be, it was not a bit afraid of her.

It then got the Koala to look into the mirror also, and said it would get an idea into its little empty head if it did.

Another pouched animal is the Koala, or Ashy Koala as it is called.

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